I keep seeing this stuff (including a whole row of it last week at a big box).  I'm always a little skeptical of "blah-blah-blah Oil Finish".   Reading the SDS does not give much information other than the small percentage of solvents.

 

Anyone used it for interior or exterior applications?   Happy with it?   Does it seal well or last long?

not terribly useful if you have to go look up the gobbledygook, but not much here by weight of ingredients, that's for sure.

 

http://www.cabotstain.com/products/product/Australian-Timber-Oil.html

Edited May 23, 20178 yr by p_toad

Even less useful is the SDS  The results don't add up to 100% so the majority of the ingredients are not listed, and appear to be mostly solvents that evaporate away.   It  also says is "water reducible" that sounds strange for an "oil" product.

 

Section 3: COMPOSITION/INFORMATION ON INGREDIENTS

Chemical Name	CAS No	weight-%
Stoddard solvent	8052-41-3	10 - 25
Benzene, 1-chloro-4-(trifluoromethyl)-	98-56-6	5 - 10

1,3,5-Trimethylbenzene	108-67-8	1 - 3
Benzene, 1,2,4-trimethyl-	95-63-6	1 - 3
Folpet	133-07-3	0.3 - 1
Zirconium ethyl hexoate	22464-99-9	0.1 - 0.3
2-Butanone, oxime	96-29-7	0.1 - 0.3
Ethylbenzene	100-41-4	0.1 - 0.3
Hexanoic acid, 2-ethyl-, cobalt(2+) salt (2:1)	136-52-7	0.1 - 0.3

 

 

 

 

I thought Benzine was banned in the USA a long time ago.

Herb

I never got to take any organic chemistry, so I'm a bit at a loss.   I do know benzene (cf. benzine) was removed from the consumer market 40+ years ago.   However, there is a lot of names for some chemicals and sometimes the modifiers change what it really is.  You really have to look at the Chemical Abstracts number (CAS).   OK, I'm just cutting and pasting here.   Any member here have a PhD in organic chemistry?

 

98-56-6  is Parachlorobenzotrifluoride and is used in poly varnishes. C₇H₄ClF₃.

95-63-6  is 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, also known as pseudocumene,  C₆H₃(CH₃)₃

100-41-4  is Ethylbenzene  C₆H₅CH₂CH₃ 

71-43-2 is Benzene and it is a carcinogen  C₆H₆

 

Benzene is spelled with an “e” as in dead. Benzine is spelled with an “i” as in alive.

 

My head hurts and I haven't been breathing the stuff this morning.

Does this help?  This is for the oil based product, they also make one that is water reduceable.  Roly

Pigment Type: Trans-oxide/iron oxide pigments,
titanium dioxide.
Vehicle Type: Long-oil alkyds, tung oil and
natural linseed oil.
Solvent: Aliphatic petroleum distillates
Viscosity: 26–56 seconds, Centipoise
Flash Point: over 100°F
V.O.C. Content: Less than 550 g/L
Solids Weight: 40%
Solids Volume: 34%
Pigment Weight: 1.9%
Density: 7.3 lbs./gal.
Film Thickness: Minimal because Cabot
Australian Timber Oil penetrates deeply into
wood.
Water Repellent: Yes
Mildew Resistant: Yes

If I remember correctly from Organic Chemistry, Benzine is not a single hydrocarbon but a mixture of hydrocarbons for dry cleaning and solvent and is produced as a byproduct of petroleum.

 

Benzene is a single hydrocarbon, C₆H₆  (6 carbons+ 6 Hydrogen's ) produced as a by product of coal tar.  I was thinking of Benzene when I asked the question, my mistake.

 

Herb