From: david gudmunsen (kroctec@btopenworld.com)
Date: Fri Jul 08 2005 - 17:50:27 PDT
Jim,
Canvas is made from linen which in turn is made from the usually bleached
fibres of flax. It would therefor seem reasonable that unbleached canvas
contains residual amounts of linseed oil so you might try a mix of linseed
oil and white spirit at say 1:10 - rthe spirit will evapourate off and the
oil will waterproof the canvas and smell of the linseed oil.
Best regards from David Gudmunsen
on 7/8/05 23:34, Jim Stead at gadget@easypath.com wrote:
> Does anyone know what causes military canvas to have that wonderful odor it
> has? Is it a particular brand of preservative, or some chemical concoction I
> can whip up in my garage?
> I'm restoring some canvas stuff, and would like it to smell good as new!
>
> Jim
>
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