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Question: I have some old shovel and other tool handles. They have lain in the sun for a good bit, and are dried, and cracked a bit. What is a good way to fix them? I have sanded them down with an electric sander and coarse paper. I would like to fill in the cracks, and some of them have places where the wood is splintering along the grain. What's a good way to doctor up these good old tools? The new stuff is crap. I haven't bought a rake lately that the head hasn't fallen off after less than a week.
Answer: If you use them hard every day, the oil and sweat from your hands polishes them and keeps them oiled a bit like an old handrail. I assume you weren't planning on making that method work. Boiled linseed oil mixed 50/50 with mineral spirits soaked in should get you about the same place. Maybe wrap them with rags or something to really soak them to start.
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