Re: Mineral oil in australia??

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Of course, at Au$26 for 5 liters, the previously quoted A$80 for 20 liters
seems a better deal, especially since it's real transformer oil. Medical
grade oil isn't controlled for water content, transformer oil is.

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 > Original poster: "Paul Arrowsmith by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <p_t_arrowsmith-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 > Mineral oil is American for Paraffin oil, a chemist shop will have it in
 > 500mL or 1 L bottles but can order in 5 Litre containers from Faulding, 91
 > Hardys Rd, Underdale, SA, 5032. If they don't want to try another chemist
 > shop. Buying in 5 L containers is much cheaper.
 > Its medical grade so it should be pure, I got 20 L about 6 years ago at
 > $26.20 for a 5 Litres container.
 > I had lots of problem finding it till I learned that Americans call Liquid
 > Paraffin Mineral oil.
 > Good luck,
 > Paul A,
 > Gold Coast
 > Qld.
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 >  > Original poster: "Sheik by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <seb-at-ihug-dot-com.au>
 >  >
 >  > Hello, I have had lots of trouble finding mineral oil in australia =
 >  > (brisbane). The best i could do was 20L of transformer oil for $80AU =
 >  > from Shell oils, however this is way too pricey for my budget. Only
form =
 >  > of mineral oil I can find is baby oil, which has aloe vera, scents, and
=
 >  > other water-laden stuff in it. Plus a 250ml bottle is like $4Au. Any =
 >  > idea if i can use car transmission oil or something else? Or where I =
 >  > might find mineral oil in decent quantaties?
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
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