
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 …
Stinky oil lamp? - Homesteading Forum
2011年4月26日 · A basic kerosene lamp burns with a yellow flame. Yellow flame = incomplete combustion. Incomplete combustion = sooty lamp chimney, air pollution, odors If you want a …
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 …
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 …
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 - 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 …
Lamp oil that doesn't stink? - Homesteading Forum
2006年5月10日 · Be sure to wash the lamp basin and parts and change to a new wick before filling with the different oil. I believe in God's willingness to heal. Cyngbaeld's Keep Heritage …
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 …
Lamp oil for a year - Homesteading Forum
2010年12月29日 · I don't know what a one-year's supply of lamp oil would look like. We live in an earth-berm home with lots of south-facing windows, so we don't typically have lights on in the …