Light Oil-Not for Cooking

[Melissa Terman]

Hi all,

Back in January I took Brock and Avery's class. Superlative! I recommend highly. Question though. For one of the techniques taught, we need to use light oil. The oil used in class was Sewing Machine Oil. Can anyone tell me what other light oils might be? I'm hoping for something that won't smoke in the kiln and that I can get next door or down the street.

As always, your suggestions are always appreciated.

Melissa

[Brock]

Hi Melissa,

3 in 1 oil works well. Bob L. could probably make some recommendations. I use a Chevron product, Pale Neutral #5. Brock

[Melissa Terman]

Is the reason glue doesn't work because it burns off?

[rodney]

can you tell me what the oil is used for

thanks

rodney

[Melissa Terman]

for holding metal foils in place.

[Dani]

At the risk of being accused of poking fun at the question (which I'm not), I would direct you to the December 2002 Lapidary Journal and an article entitled, "Nose Oil Revisited" by Tamara Honaman. Weird but true... could work in this case, too. Certainly, nose oil has almost as many applications as borax, it seems.

What'll we think of next,

Dani

[Kay]

Just bought some foils from BE, so your posts are very timely. Would you explain how the oil is used? I had planned to use glue. And why is oil better than glue? Hope you all are not getting tired of all my questions. New comer Kay

[charlie]

Just bought some foils from BE, so your posts are very timely. Would you explain how the oil is used? I had planned to use glue. And why is oil better than glue? Hope you all are not getting tired of all my questions. New comer Kay

to hold it down?

if you're putting it on top, you want it to stay put. if you're sandwiching it under glass, holding it down makes it easier to build the piece, but it isn't really necessary if you're really careful.

use just a little bit, and vent the kiln on the way up.