Sticky BLO handle

[Jlemay18]

Yep, understood and 100% agree. Actually if you submerge in BLO while they don't get quite as nasty, the wood will purge/bleed BLO a bit and that can gum up quite a bit. I just pulled one out of a bath and now that its gotten colder it'll be weeping BLO for a while. A bit of a pita when trying to use the tool for working on things like walnut & cherry.

Yeah I imagine that could be annoying, but if you have a chance to wipe it down once a day it shouldn't stay on long enough to gum up. But I also have never had that happen so I don't know how much it's weeping or anything. But I've been thinking about submerging a couple heads on old handles that have gotten a little loose now that the humidity is way down. Also been thinking about just submerging one to see how it compares to applying multiple coats and letting dry in between but BLO isn't cheap and I feel like it would need a lot to do that and it would be wasted cause it can go bad if exposed to air too long. How do you submerge them?