I use half mineral oil and half mineral spirits. Mineral spirits are very
inexpensive and can be purchased at any paint store. I don't know the
chemistry but imagine mineral spirits are basically the same as lighter
fluid. Mineral spirits is a good medium and cheap replacement for
turpentine (which smells) and turpinoid (odorless, very expensive) for
artists who paint in oil. I find this works well - the mineral spirits is
absorbed into the shell and the whole thing works much better than mineral
oil alone.
Jane
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> From: Carol Simpson <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Oil
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:20 PM
>
> Does anyone use half mineral oil and half lighter fluid, the latter to
cut
> the oil?
>
> Carol
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Egerton <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thursday, October 28, 1999 9:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Oil
>
>
> >James,
> >
> >I'd use mineral oil instead of baby oil as baby oil has a perfume smell.
> >I'm alergic to something in the scent of baby oil, maybe there's
hyacinth
> >in it, and sneeze profusely when exposed to it. Many people have
alergies
> >to perfumes, so...stick with mineral oil. (A freind of mine has baby oil
> >on most of his collection...they're beautiful, but "yuck"!)
> >Peter Egerton, Vanouver, Canada
> >
> >>James, I've heard of using baby oil or mineral oil on shells and it
> wouldn't
> >>harm the shell since it's pretty inert. I have used mineral oil on
shells
> >>with no ill effects. Vicky Wall
> >>
> >>James M Cheshire wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all, I just oiled some self collected Nassarius vibex and
> >>> an Epitonium rupicola. Now, I was wondering, does this decrease the
> >>> value of the shell? I heard it is a great thing to do, as it restores
> the
> >>> shells
> >>> natural oil, and enhances the color. Should I have done this, or not?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> James
> >>
> >>
> >-------------------------------------------------------
> >Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
> >Collector of worldwide Mollusca
> >http://www.intergate.bc.ca/personal/seashell/index.html
> >-------------------------------------------------------
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