On 11/21/2012 12:50 PM, John Ruth wrote:
> GG's
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> Somebody asked "What more could one ask for?" in an oilstone lubricant.
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> > The missing qualtity is non-toxicity and freedom from clinging taste & odor 
so that one might stone a kitchen knife without having to wash the daylights out
 of it afterward to get that WD-40 or Marvel Mystery Oil smell off of it.
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> > So the idea choice is thinned mineral oil. I'm just not sure what to thin it
 with.
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Two thoughts.
1. keep the stone(s) warm (my preferred option) OR (based on Bob 
Flexner's explanation of petroleum-distillate solvents)
2. thin it with naptha, mineral spirits or kerosene (naptha being the 
most volatile, kerosene the least)

FWIW
Don

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