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RE: Is key oiling really necessary?

Author: L. Omar Henderson
Date: 2001-10-04 16:06

Dear Don and all,
Actually the harmful interactions of petroleum based oils with wood have little to do with oxidation reactions but they do lead to collapse of the wood fiber structure and therefore the structural integrity of the wood. Way back in the wood-oil posts I cited some of my own research while in Rhode Island looking at the wood floors in some of the many old abandoned fabric mills in the State. Some of these floors had been soaked in machine oil for decades and microscopic analysis of the oil soaked wood versus adjacent wood indicated some pretty dramatic changes in the wood structure in oil soaked wood. This is probably an extreme example and has no direct correlation with grenadilla wood (I could not find such a floor to test).

Horns that have been grossly overoiled, where the oil has dripped down the posts show degradation of the wood around the post - I am sure that repair persons have seen this phenomenon many times in their work. This degradation of the wood around the posts can lead to posts becoming loose in their wood moorings and increased torque and wear on the metal parts because of this instability.
The Doctor

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