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Other uses of kerosene ?

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FiReSTaRT said:
Just ask the pharmacist where mineral oil is. You can also use baby oil for that application since it's just scented mineral oil, but I wouldn't consider it food-grade - like for kitchen knives/wooden cooking utensils
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Found some. Apparently you take it for constipation, or so the bottle said. Unfortunately it was like a 500 mL bottle or something and all I need is a couple drops a month so I passed on it.
 
unL33T said:
Found some. Apparently you take it for constipation, or so the bottle said. Unfortunately it was like a 500 mL bottle or something and all I need is a couple drops a month so I passed on it.
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I've been keeping the same bottle for years.. Also use it for lubricating locks/hinges and on my oilstones. Even used it as a laxative when I was given opiates after a surgery (great results) :D
 
vegetable oil can go rancid and grow bacteria under the right circumstance. Mineral oil doesn't do that.
 
crankcall said:
vegetable oil can go rancid and grow bacteria under the right circumstance. Mineral oil doesn't do that.
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With that being said, I treated all of our wooden boards with tung oil instead. It polymerizes and also gives the wood a warmer color without obscuring the grain. AFAIK the only 2 sources to get it in the GTA are Lee Valley and Amazon (the stuff in big box hardware stores is petroleum-based and not food grade).
 
crankcall said:
originally kerosene was coal oil ,then they figured out how to make a petroleum distillate with the same qualities. Boeshield is a much better winter weather repellant, in my opinion. I use it by the gallon for degreaser , its cheap enough and for me works better than detergent degreaser.

There is a huge movement on the medicinal uses of kerosene treating everything from tumors to diabetic issues.
I don't think the trace amounts on a knife blade would pose a health issue.
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How's the price and availability of Boeshield compare to ACF50? Boeshield is designed by Boeing while ACF-50 is Lear, it seems?
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