Raw linseed will not harden. You use it to clean the wood with along with some 0000 steel wool. The checkering can be cleaned with a mild solution of Murphy's oil soap and warm water along with and old toothbrushh. Boiled linseed has dryers added to it and is not what you want to use while cleaning.

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