
Paraffin lamp oil..pros and cons? - Homesteading Forum
2012年1月2日 · An Aladdin burns fuel - whether kerosene or paraffin oil - much cleaner than an ordinary wick lamp. The reason is the mantle in an Aladdin burns at such a high temp that …
Where to buy lamp oil inexpensively? | Homesteading Forum
2010年11月28日 · Kerosene from a gas station, but it has gone up a lot around here -- over $4.00 a gallon. I used to buy lamp oil from Walmart that worked better than kerosene, but as you …
Lamp Oil - Homesteading Forum
2007年11月27日 · We've stored kerosene for five years and it's still clear as water and works fine. Kersosene is an oil and is not as volatile as gasoline, consequently it doesn't evaporate …
Difference Between lamp Oil and kerosene - Homesteading Forum
2010年3月2日 · QUOTE=tarbe;4308780]Kerosene is a distillation cut from crude, generally C8 to C16. Lamp oil is a generic term and can mean different things to different folks. Two of the …
Kerosene Lamp Smell Remedies - Homesteading Forum
2005年11月23日 · Can you use regular "oil lamp" oil in a kerosene lamp? If you can, then you can buy scentless lamp oil at any of the big chain stores, i.e., KMart, etc. That stuff works pretty …
Where Do You Buy Your Lamp Oil? | Homesteading Forum
2010年1月30日 · It works ok in standard non-pressurized oil lamps with wick. I suspect if you cant find wicks or other lamp parts locally, you will have to order online or some snailmail catalog. …
Frozen lamp oil.......... - Homesteading Forum
2022年12月25日 · The lamp oil isn't freezing. The water in the oil is freezing. It isn't going to explode or anything else. If it is frozen solid then there is more water than there is oil. I would …
Best lamp oil - Homesteading Forum
2008年1月25日 · I find the best lamp oil for the little lamps I make and use is olive oil. If you are referring to the kerosene/paraffin type, I use the liquid paraffin unscented. Most of the lamp …
Lamp oil mishap - Homesteading Forum
2010年4月18日 · If you can find one, the best container to use to store lamp oil is a gallon glass jug. Growing up that was the traditional way to store kerosene for lamps and other uses that …
Frozen Lamp Oil - Homesteading Forum
2005年1月4日 · We have several oil lamps that we keep for emergency purposes. We bought ultra pure lamp oil, several gallons of it, and put it out in a storage shed. Come to find out, the …