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Don't drink hydrocarbons. Drink ethyl alcohol!
Coal oil pre kerosene
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Dad was an old farm boy, he said they used coal oil to shine up a horse's behind for showing farm and fire horses. He'd see a horse and joke about polishing up it's BH with a coal oil rag. As a kid he was given a spoonful of sugar and coal oil for a cough and cold cure all.
Coal oil on your socks was to keep ticks from climbing on, according to my grandmother who also told my mother ..".You worry too much. Those kids can't do anything in a car we didn't do in a buggy."
smoothshooter
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When I was a little kid, Mom “wormed” us once or twice a year by making us take a tea spoon of sugar and turpentine. Seemed to work.
Don’t know for sure where the worms came from. But us kids were always walking, running, and playing around in areas where the cattle would come up by the house outside the yard fence to stand around and watch us out of curiosity sometimes. Must have gotten them out of the dirt somehow.
smoothshooter
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So, is kerosene some sort of refined coal oil?
Straight from crude oil. Kerosene comes as “straight run” on a refinery. I don’t even think it makes it to the reformer. It would come off the crude tower I would think. Like diesel does.
Kerosene would probably still have sulfur in it like coal oil.
Not me. It’s a finish, not a penetrator. Which is why they used coal oil. Axes, tool handles, and yes even ramrods. If it works for you, cool. I soak mine in synthetic motor oil. 5wt. All substances are repelled.
I don’t even think you can find real coal oil from shale oil these days.
As linseed oil is actually flax seed. Don’t they make flax seed oil now? You could cut it with alcohol maybe and get it to penetrate deep into the wood possibly.
As a purist you could use moonshine.
As a purist you could use moonshine.
Up here horses were de-wormed by feeding them a can of snuff, honest, and it worked.
Yes. It was originally from oil shale, which was considered a variation of coal.
Uncle Miltie
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In Ohio we have a famous knap in near Flint Ridge where many makers go to buy and sell finished goods and materials. You could ask them about their scientific study.How long have those stones been wet compared to how long your gun flint will be in a jar of water?
Yeah? Great! Makes it better to knapp (let's see an actual scientifically dine study on that)
Which is not what I want from the flint in my gun. I want it to hold up, not break easier.
I also think DC Waldorf mentions it in one of his books.
I keep some flints in a baby jar full of water and pull them out when needed: it's no big deal really.
I've been doing it over 30 years now and will likely continue because I have excellent ignition with all my flintlocks.
smoothshooter
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I will have to look it up to see bow they got the oil out of the shale.
Small wonder folks didn't live very long in the bad old days!
Maybe that's why I've never had worms!
also, it cleans the Bp out of a barrel. i have used it for this. but always use K1, the standard kerosene has sulfur in it,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
longcruise
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Off track here, but what would be the difference between plain old kerosene and jet fuel.
As long as we are on the topic would soaking the rod in jet fuel increase the velocity of the ball??
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Stihl chainsaw fuel pre mixed with oil and long shelf life. Dealer said was made from coal oil and made in Germany. New veraion called Motomix fuel - expensive but not from Germany nor coal. Did same soaking of hickory ramrods in kerosene in 70's. Stunk and didn't help ramrod or get close to deer. Didn't prolong life of hickory flatbows either
Uncle Miltie
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Crude oil in the US was initially used to obtain kerosene as a replacement for whale oil for lamps which was becoming more expensive.
Until the advent of explosive engines the gasoline was discarded as waste.
Until the advent of explosive engines the gasoline was discarded as waste.
i understand jet fuel is just a high grade of kerosene like K1 it is refined and has a higher flash point than standard kerosene,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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Unfortunately, That big knap-in at Flint Ridge is no more. It seems Flint Ridge got into a big tiff with the people holding the knap-in. SO they said to heck with you Flint Ridge and they moved the knap-in to Coshocton Ohio. I went to that knap-in last summer and picked up a couple bags of flint spalls to knap into gun flints and have larger spalls for my forged fire steels.In Ohio we have a famous knap in near Flint Ridge where many makers go to buy and sell finished goods and materials. You could ask them about their scientific study.
Ohio Rusty ><>
