Originally Posted by
Axel.se
Hi T1k
Thanks allot for doing the measurements and for responding so quickly.
When I read the thread first I missed that it was a lam oil but thought when I was measuring that it had to have been some kind of massage oil as I don't think adding sent to a lamp oil will do much, so I decided to read again and did see that you mentioned that it was a lamp oil but it seems like it was really lucky that I asked about the volume as the lamp oil I have is allot thinner.
I did some calculations and the oil you used seem to have a density of 800 kg/m³
The lam oil that I first measured but decided that it was too light only have a density of 700 kg/m³ (176g 250ml)
The oil that I measured after that have a density of 830 kg/m³ (165g 200ml) so that one should be allot closer to the one you used so I will try with that one.
I like your scientific approach to making the wax mix. It makes sense, depending on the paraffin oil viscosity, the resulting wax will have different density and plasticity.
I didn't pay attention to the oil density when experimenting with the winter wax mix.
I followed the
, and my first attempt failed miserably (the wax was too thin and didn't stick to metal well). That's when I started adding beeswax to the mix and arrived to a solution that works for me.
Originally Posted by
Axel.se
The 830kg/m³ one should also be fairly widely and easy available internationally as it is sold by IKEA as "SKYDD Wood treatment oil, indoor use" (skydd translates to protection) it is a oil sold primary for treatment of wood cutting boards (product number: 000.467.86) It is listed as a white mineral oil but it specify pure paraffin oil in the documents accompanying it.
ikea.com/ca/en/p/skydd-wood-treatment-oil-indoor-use-00046786/
ikea.com/us/en/p/skydd-wood-treatment-oil-indoor-use-00046786/
While I happen to be Swedish :-D I am primary linking to that as it is always useful to have a international available base line item that as many people as posible could get instead of all this mess of different types of paraffin/mineral oil that will result in widely different results when used (Though the bottles I happened to have at hand is several years old I doubt that they have changed anything bit it might be safest to check if anyone go and buy any of that).
Thank you for the link. I wish I knew that wood treatment oil is actually paraffin based. Finding the paraffin lamp oil locally wasn't easy and I would prefer unscented oil to minimize the odor when waxing.
I do, however, like the chocolate color of the mix:
Originally Posted by
Axel.se
Thank you again for helping me with the missing info, I am going to mix up a batch and report back how it works later this week.
P.S.
(had to remove the start of the web adress as I don't have enough post in the forum yet)
Just our of curiosity, what MSW issues are you trying to address with the new mix? Unreliable shifting and chain skipping?
A little advice: when you make the mix, start with less lamp oil - half of the amount and test the mix. You can always add more oil if needed.