Tung oil tung oil is the only drying oil that will polymerize 100% (completely harden). Linseed oil, for example, never completely hardens. Since tung oil has become popular as an environmentally friendly wood finish, some products labelled as "tung oil" are actually blends containing other oils, varnishes, solvents, or chemical driers, and may even containing no tung oil at all Products labeled "Danish oil" may be tung oil or they may be polymerized linseed oil. The product packaging will usually clearly state if it is pure tung oil. Heating tung oil to about in an oxygen-free environment will substantially increase the viscosity
H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant H. G. Hotchkiss Essential Oil Company Plant is a historic factory located at Lyons in Wayne County, New York. The remaining two story commercial building is an example of a small frame structure featuring a double storefront with modest ornamentation. It was built about 1884 on the foundations of an earlier structure and is located on the bank of the original Erie Canal. It was occupied by a major producer of essential oils, principally peppermint oil used in the manufacture of patent medicine. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places