My first post, looking forward to some answers from all the experience out there. I’ve been teaching myself to turn over the last 2 years and have have been finishing my turnings with a premixed mineral oil/beeswax product called salad bowl finish. I’m pretty new to turning and i would like to get a hold of some mineral oil on it’s own. I can only find mineral spirits, sold to clean brushes. Is this the same product?
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Mineral spirits is not mineral oil. Mineral oil can be found at the drugstore, it's used as a laxative.
Beat it to fit / Paint it to match
thanks, i never would have figured that out
I didn't know that is what it's for! Sounds like it should be used to oil minerals. Sort of like salad oil or motor oil.
Hal
Mineral oil is what is distilled from petroleum, as opposed to vegetable or animal origin. The most common type is what goes in your car's engine. Although it's not "food grade", it's not poisonous. I've heard of it being taken as a laxative in some parts of the 3rd world.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineral_oilMineral oil never cures or hardens. While its fine for things like cutting boards where it will be frequently renewed, I think there are better choices for turnings.I'd suggest putting Bob Flexner's finishing book, http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Wood-Finishing-Select-Finish/dp/0762106212/sr=8-1/qid=1165843683/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0842949-2646550?ie=UTF8&s=books, on your gift list.
What do you mean, "3rd. world". Some of us older people remember it being used as a laxative in the US. It was also gently warmed and put into an ear to soothe an earache. It was also used as a hair cream. It was also a necessary part of an emergency kit to treat a poisoning.
What you recall sounds more like the 3rd world to me than what I see in America today. Don't get me wrong - I PREFER IT to the "first world". Fact is that I left the US over 35 years ago.One just has to be careful on these forums. If I recommended using engine oil as a laxative, some fool will drink a quart and then sue me for giving false medical counsel.
David Ring
http://www.touchwood.co.il/?id=1&lang=e
<"If I recommended using engine oil as a laxative, some fool will drink a quart and then sue me for giving false medical counsel.">I agree. I would never use any motor oil heavier than 10W30 as a laxative. Also, you have to watch those multiviscocity products...Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
The best laxative weight oil is 10w, it flows smoother!!!!
In the UK liquid parafin was/is the laxative if you cannot get sennakot. Back in the days of WW2 some used soap tablets for the same purpose but these days they don't like them up'em. Life were ard then but a goose grease and brown paper poultice kept most colds at bay.
Mineral oil is fairly inert- like paraffin or petroleum jelly. As a wood finish, it has its limitations, but is considered food safe. Hence, it is often used for cutting boards, butcher block counters, salad bowls, wooden utensils, etc. It's easy to renew and inexpensive, but not particularly durable, so far as I am aware.
Glaucon
If you don't think too good, then don't think too much...
Some drugstores carry "Sweet Oil" for treating earaches. That's just expensive mineral oil.
per my understanding - mineral oil also the principal ingredient in your basic funriture polish (with some fake lemon scent)
General Finishes sells a brand of Mineral Oil. You can purchase it at Woodcraft. I have a bottle of it for cutting boards recently made, and it's good.
Jeff
It's mineral oil. It's less than a dollar at the supermarket drug aisle.Gretchen
Huh?
How much did you pay for your mineral oil at General Finishes?Gretchen
OH?
I think it was 5 bucks for a big bottle. Since I was there, it was cheaper than the gas money to drive to the hardware store to save 2 bucks.
Can't argue with that logic.Gretchen
Well. It's so rare that anything I say makes sense.
Happy Holidays,
Jeff
What logic?
Hal
At the risk I am being played, he had the stuff at hand where he was and didn't have to spend a bunch of gas money to go across town to spend less for a very common product.Gretchen
I think you summed it up pretty accurately.------------------------------------
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools. -- Herbert Spencer (1891)
Mineral oil is frequently used as a laxative, (to lubricate things so to speak), more commonly used with a fragrance and called baby oil.
You might want to try this stuff. (see link at bottom of page) I've fallen in love.
It uses boiled linseed oil, which naturally dries overnight.
It's also 100% non toxic, although I would call and ask if you are
thinking of using it for kitchenware...
You might also try walnut oil. It's used on kitchenware and is supposed
to cure better than mineral oil.
I like the traditional wood finish.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=45105&cat=1,190,42942
Oh you did it now:) Tried and tru is one of the most loved and hated finishes on this site. I have used it with some sucsess and some irritation. There has been much bandwidth used over these products.Troy
If you have a co-op, feed store or possibly a TSC(Tractor Supply Co.) near by, pick up some equine mineral oil. It is sold by the gallon and the cheapest way to buy pure mineral oil.
J.P.
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