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Post by william m on Nov 2, 2016 8:56:57 GMT
Hi all,
I decided to try my hand at making my own Choji oil. I bought some "white minerial oil" and some clove oil, mixed them together and slathered over my swords. Perhaps a week later the same swords were coated in a light layer of fresh rust !!!
I am wondering what I did wrong as I did use quite a bit of clove oil in the mix, probably way more than I should had. Could this had been the reason?
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Post by AndiTheBarvarian on Nov 2, 2016 10:05:14 GMT
Japanese clove oil for swords is not the same as the clove oil you can buy in a drugstore for a toothake etc. Drugstore clove oil has much more essential/aethereal oils which will affect the steel. Don't use it.
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Post by william m on Nov 2, 2016 13:06:13 GMT
Right, time to re-oil all my swords tonight with my plain oil.
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Post by beater on Nov 4, 2016 16:13:12 GMT
William, I made the same error years ago. The "clove oil" I used was better described as tooth tincture from a chemists. However, I later found a source of pure clove oil (a perfumer) and that batch turned out OK. Only a tiny proportion is needed; essentially to achieve the smell. The bulk was a light machine oil. As time has gone on, I find I'm less of a purist. 3 in 1 suits me and my Nihonto just fine. Regards, Kevin.
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Post by chrisperoni on Nov 5, 2016 15:08:27 GMT
You need pure, real clove oil and it's just a drop or two to give the mineral oil a smell to differentiate it from other clear oils.
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Post by stormmaster on Nov 6, 2016 2:59:46 GMT
i would recommend you use regular mineral oil as it works just fine, i like choji oil for its smell but its hard to find real high quality versions online at a good price so you could look into making your own as chrisperoni as stated its mostly mineral oil with a few drops of clove oil
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Post by william m on Nov 15, 2016 10:47:21 GMT
i would recommend you use regular mineral oil as it works just fine, i like choji oil for its smell but its hard to find real high quality versions online at a good price so you could look into making your own as chrisperoni as stated its mostly mineral oil with a few drops of clove oil That is pretty much what I did. So either I used too much clove oil, or the clove oil I used was no good. This is the oil I used. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272352807525
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Post by stormmaster on Nov 15, 2016 11:04:48 GMT
i would recommend you use regular mineral oil as it works just fine, i like choji oil for its smell but its hard to find real high quality versions online at a good price so you could look into making your own as chrisperoni as stated its mostly mineral oil with a few drops of clove oil That is pretty much what I did. So either I used too much clove oil, or the clove oil I used was no good. This is the oil I used. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272352807525might be artificial considering how many "flavors" they have
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Post by Cottontail Customs on Dec 6, 2016 21:35:07 GMT
I think it's like a 1 to 99 ratio, you might have used too much clove oil
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