Does anybody remember Olestra? It gave people violent, greasy flatulence. These days it’s being marketed as an industrial lubricant and paint additive.
Olestra a paint additive. I like that idea. The paint goes on smoothly and hopefully it sinks in for a long lasting bond with the wood. Seriously, look at all of the usefulness of whale blubber and of lard during previous centuries. One of these days they may make houses from reprocessed corn cobs and reconstituted sunflower shells. A little bit of enzyme action and super heat and instant building material.