Re: Mineral Spirits (TRANSFORMER OIL)

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• Subject: Re: Mineral Spirits (TRANSFORMER OIL)
• From: "Ross W. Overstreet" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:31:01 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hey,
1.  Mineral oil is not the same as mineral spirits.  Mineral oil is a laxative
that looks like "baby" oil.  Mineral Spirits is paint thinner.  I don't
know the
chemistry of each, but I have handled them.

2.  You guys need to quit fooling around with mineral oils, gear lube, etc,
and
get the real stuff - Shell Diala-AX transformer oil at about $20 for 5
gallons.
Use Yahoo yellow pages and search the nearest large town for "Lubricants".

If you are in LA area you can try these guys:

 Southern Counties Lubricants
1825 W. Collins, P.O. Box 4159
Orange, CA 92863
(714) 516-7300

They told me a while back that they could even ship the stuff UPS.  Please
be nice
to them if you call, I don't want to get my sources aggravated with coilers.
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> Original Poster: ElectronX-at-aol-dot-com
>
> I've been looking around for mineral oil to build my poly plate cap, and I
> found that Home Depot sells mineral spirits.  They say it is the same as
plain
> mineral oil.  Will this work?
>
> Matt Behrend



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