On Apr 21, 2009, at 10:39 AM, emelvy wrote:
> Whether today's 3-in-1 product is better than it used to be is unknown > to me, but I have alway chosen Singer Sewing Machine Oil for delicate > parts. My experience has been good with this product. However, I > just noticed that the container it comes in has a safety warning not > to drink it since it contains petroleum distillates -- does this mean > that it too has a volatile solvent? ALL of these oils are nothing BUT Petroleum distillates. Oil == Petroleum, oil out of the oil fields is distilled into various components. This is what an oil refinery does. 3-in-One oil is essentially the same thing as Singer SM Oil. The criticism of 3-in-one oil is not that it's terrible, but that it's not right for all applications. ANY oils that's liquid at room temperature has a lot of volatile components in it, and heat and exposure to ail WILL cause it to become more viscous, as viscosity is largely a function of hydrocarbon chain length in petroleum products. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
