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234586 James Thompson <oldmillrat@m...> 2012‑11‑22 Re: Flattening Benchstones
My understanding is that lamp oil is kerosene, as is diesel. Kerosene is sold as
 a lot of different things. It was once known as coal oil, and was once used as 
a medicine for various skin remedies, as well as constipation. Very versatile st
uff.

On Nov 21, 2012, at 10:36 PM, Dave Nighswander wrote:

> > In a previous life I polished draw dies with slip stones and kerosene as the
 lubricant/cleaner. We started using scented lamp oil and never went back to str
aight kero. I still do the occasional polish on a piece with lamp oil. Don't tel
l SWMBO where it keeps going.
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Don Schwartz
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:04 AM
> To: oldtools@r...
> Subject: Re: [OldTools] Flattening Benchstones
> 
> On 11/21/2012 12:50 PM, John Ruth wrote:
>> GG's
>> 
>> 
>> Somebody asked "What more could one ask for?" in an oilstone lubricant.
>> 
>> 
>> >> The missing qualtity is non-toxicity and freedom from clinging taste & odo
r so that one might stone a kitchen knife without having to wash the daylights o
ut of it afterward to get that WD-40 or Marvel Mystery Oil smell off of it.
>> 
>> 
>> >> So the idea choice is thinned mineral oil. I'm just not sure what to thin 
it with.
>> 
> 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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