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Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 20-01-2015, 11:48
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Posted By roverhi
Re: Lamp Oil vs Kerosene

Had similar issues with trawler lamp burning mineral spirits. Talked with the Den Haan distributor and they said use lamp oil only in the trawler lamps. Lamp oil has a higher vaporization...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 30-01-2013, 22:30
Replies: 56
Views: 68,492
Posted By roverhi
Re: Lamp Oil vs Kerosene

When I was flying for the Navy in the '70s, we were paying $0.18 a gallon for JP5. No wonder defense costs so much money if the Armed Forces anywhere near what you paid for Jet A.
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 05-05-2009, 10:17
Replies: 56
Views: 68,492
Posted By roverhi
True lamp oil is different from Kerosene. Lamp...

True lamp oil is different from Kerosene. Lamp oil has a low 'freezing' point with certain constituents turning to wax around 45 degrees. Won't work if you are going to use it in cold temperatures...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 31-01-2009, 00:32
Replies: 56
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Posted By roverhi
Paint thinner and mineral spirits are pretty much...

Paint thinner and mineral spirits are pretty much the same thing and quite similar to Kerosene/paraffin. Mineral spirits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Cooking and Provisioning: Food & Drink 30-01-2009, 19:51
Replies: 56
Views: 68,492
Posted By roverhi
I've always used Paint thinner in my Kerosene...

I've always used Paint thinner in my Kerosene stoves and lamps. That was using a kerosene stove and 3+ wall lamps with nary a problem in 4 years oif living aboard and cruising. Unfortunately, it...
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