linseed oil vs paint

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Becky Hampton
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linseed oil vs paint

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Anyone use linseed oil rather than exterior paint? Any thoughts about which is better?
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Re: linseed oil vs paint

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Becky,
I have not used linseed oil, I painted all of my boxes except for 2 or 3 cedar boxes that I just left natural and they turned somewhat dark.

Here are a couple of links from Beesource about using linseed oil, there are other threads if you do a search.

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthr ... +oil+paint

http://www.beesource.com/forums/showthr ... +oil+paint
Just some thoughts.
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Thanks for the input. The links were really helpful. Sounds like paint is the better option.
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