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Author: oboi
Date: 2016-02-28 06:32
I've decided to use sweet almond oil to oil all my oboes now. I still have a large bottle of bore oil (petroleum distillates) and when I looked at my other bottle of "instrument oil" (used it as brass valve oil and now as oboe keywork oil), it also just says petroleum distillates. Are they one and the same, do you think? And can I use this petroleum "bore" oil as keywork oil?
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-02-28 16:03
I wouldn't risk it just in case there's resin in it which could gum up the mechanism.
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: PlatinumPisces
Date: 2016-03-03 03:28
NOOO I would not. Speaking from a chemists point of view, petroleum distillates is a WIDE term for anything distilled from crude oil. Gasoline, kerosene, motor oil, etc can all be labeled as petroleum distillates. Its kind of like keeping a trade secret a secret by adding in "natural flavoring" to food labels. They're not wrong, but they're not all the same.
The same distillates in bore oil may be lighter (needs to be replaced more often) or heavier (lasts longer, leaves residue) than the one in keywork oil. You just never know what you are putting where. I'd rather stick to the natural stuff...I never say that ironically.
Also, I'd keep my exposure to volatile organic carbons to a minimum for a health safety standpoint.
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