ENL Linseed Oil is a unique professional-grade product. Not all linseed oils are the same. You can read more about how to choose oil for painting in our Knowledge Base and News section. Elena Nahum Leroy, the owner, used traditional recipes that artists in Russia were using for most precious works. Yes, it took almost a year to produce a batch, but it was definitely worth it. Raw cold-pressed linseed oil was naturally refined 3-5 times with water to remove protein and slime. It took 2-3 weeks depending on the quality of the initial oil. And we drained about 20% of the oil by volume. It’s not because the oil was “bad”, it’s because the oil has tons of studs that are good for food or wood-working purposes, but not for painting. Then we slowly heated the oil for 15-20 hours to remove water residue, polymerize and thicken it. It’s a very delicate process. If the temperature is too low nothing is going to happen, and if it’s too high, the oil will boil and colour amber. Then we filtered the oil 2-3 times to finish refining and remove the residue of sediments. And the last step – we exposed the oil to the sun for 9-12 months for bleaching. Elena’s signature professional linseed oil features: no harsh chemicals are used, just power or water and the sun. max adhesion. traditional Russian recipe of oil preparation for painting used for hundreds of years. Hand-made and processed in small batches for better quality. naturally thickened, polymerized, and sun-bleached for 9-12 months. made in Canada from scratch. ingredients: linseed oil.
