Sounds similar to Penetrol (Australian product IIRC) which is an alkyd resin and seems pretty versatile.
You can't of course get any of this stuff in Taiwan, but I have thought of bringing some in to up the technology level of my sunflower oil/aluminium treatment for steel.
This is fairly effective and very cheap but has the following disadvantages.
1. Fairly slow setting time. Not much of a problem on the underside but used topsides it collects dust.
2. Biodegradeable, a problem in enclosed wet spaces where it grows mold, though this tendency can be reduced by mixing with mineral oil.
3. Overpainting uncertainty. I'd assume it wouldn't be a good basis for a finish coat, though I've no interest in cosmetics, so am unlikely to find out.
Since alkyd resin is a paint thinner it should be OK as a base coat.
Edited by edlithgow on 18/10/2019 at 03:28
|