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|  | A better fuel for oil lamps
« Thread Started on Dec 29, 2003, 10:30am » | |
Don't buy those teeny little bottles of oil for oil lamps. When we used to rely on oil lamps, I learned a tip. Burn odorless mineral spirits instead. It is cheaper than those little bottles at WalMart, and burns cleaner than kerosene.
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| | Re: A better fuel for oil lamps
« Reply #2 on Dec 30, 2003, 10:24am » | |
Oil lamps are a "friendly" cozy light. Too bad they don't put out very much light. Maybe not "too bad" though, They always did help us turn in not long after sundown. LOL Good insomnia cure. Staying up "burning the midnight oil" is for people who don't mind eyestrain. Yet, there is nothing nicer than seeing that light a couple miles away when you're out beyond the roads in deep dark and snow.
Yes, you can get OMS at the hardware store. It burns a little hotter, though. It's pretty clean burning. I liked not scrubbing lamp chimneys as much.
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