Is boiled Linseed Oil the best treatment for wood decks?

I use spent motor oil on a hot day in July (if you can get some from the barrel a shop uses to drain oil and fuel filters, the lower viscosity from the fuel is just gravy). Brush it on and it soaks right in over 100*F. Two good, liberal coats a year will do. My boards stopped warping and cracking, and I could pull out nails that had been broken off and stuck for years with my bare hands.

 

2 parts boiled linseed oil to one part turpentine or mineral spirits. Very good preservative/treatment. Raw linseed oil doesn't dry well/fast, but boiled soaks in and drys. Can you even buy oil base products out there on the left coast?

 

This is the formula we have been using for a lot of years and it works.

 

I use the same stuff I use on my log house, Olympic honey gold stain and waterproofing sealer, Thompson's brand works well also dries fairly quickly. comes in different colors or clear

 

How long Til it dries completely n doesn't leave 'skid marks' on product placed on deck?

 

fox, the Olympic stain and waterproffing I mentioned has u/v protection , it simply soaks in , and wont leave a slick varnish finish that might cause things to slip on the deck. lowes has it , paint department.

 

It takes about two hot days for it to stop getting my knees dirty. I can't recall ever having freight directly on the deck, though. I've always dealt with pallets, dunnage, and machinery with feet, legs, and wheels or tracks, so getting oil on the product was never an issue, and I've never seen it turn up on my straps or tarps, either.

 

Cool deal. I do a couple things that top lift on and off that I pick up from a coating company. Idk that it'd make a real impact just want to make sure I give er enough time so they don't pick off n cry lol

thanks for the idea, I'll try that next oil change