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Gamsol
Mar 1, 2012 22:18:04 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2012 22:18:04 GMT
So I don't know if this is the right place, but I couldn't find a better spot for this question. So when I was looking for mineral oil, the clerk told me that the only mineral solvent they had was this thing called Gamsol. The mineral oil was to clean my sword and from what I can gather, the Gamsol is used to thin oil paints. On their company's website, I found this statement: "Gamsol is a petroleum distillate but all the aromatic solvents have been refined out of it, less than .005% remains. Aromatic solvents are the most harmful types of petroleum solvents." Mineral Oil, from what Wikipedia says, is "any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of alkanes in the C15 to C40 range from a non-vegetable (mineral) source, particularly a distillate of petroleum." So I was wondering, since they are both petroleum distillates, they should behave the same way on steel right? Before I try and apply it to my T10 blade, I want to gather your opinions: is the gamsol ok to use when cleaning a blade, or should I wait and get my hands on some mineral oil?
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Gamsol
Mar 1, 2012 23:25:15 GMT
Post by lamebmx on Mar 1, 2012 23:25:15 GMT
Never heard of the stuff, but if its not neutral on the acidity & not a whole bunch of other ingrediants in its mixture (unless you know they are safe for steel) it shouldn't hurt it. That said, if its made for paint, its also probably evaporates very quickly, no protection after a very short time.
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Mar 2, 2012 2:25:39 GMT
Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2012 2:25:39 GMT
It seems neutral, like most petrols (has to do with the chemistry of the stuff) and you're right, the bottle says "evaporates and leaves no sticky residue." Good for cleaning, I guess, not for long lasting
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