This historic digest is part of a series published by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards on the technical characteristics of building materials used in the construction of affordable housing units. Each digest presents condensed, essential facts regarding its given topic, and is intended for use by staff at federal agencies, manufacturers, trade associations, and builders. This digest provides a summary of several older NBS publications dealing with the manufacture, types, properties, and federal specifications regarding linseed oil as used as a drying agent in house paints. This publication was amended by the document Erratum for TIBM – 44.

This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.