Re: re Mineral Spirits

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: re Mineral Spirits
• From: Chris Tominkson <internetinbox-at-yahoo-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 06:37:17 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

I heard from my oceanography teacher that pure water, just one
Hydrogen atom and 2 Oxygen, don't conduct electricity. He said that it
is the minerals and other stuff in water that conduct electricity. So
could you use distilled water for poly-rolled caps?

---Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>
> Original Poster: Gary Lau  25-Feb-1999 0811 <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com> 
> 
> >I've been looking around for mineral oil to build my poly plate
cap, and
> >I found that Home Depot sells mineral spirits.  They say it is the
same
> >as plain mineral oil.  Will this work?
> 
> No!!!  Completely different stuff.  Mineral spirits are extremely
> volatile and flammable.  You don't want this in your caps.
> 
> Go to the laxative section any drug store or supermarket, they sell
> USP mineral oil in 16 oz bottles, just buy a bunch of them.  And try
not
> to look constipated.
> 
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA
> 
> 
> 

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