7 Sep
2011
7 Sep
'11
9:45 a.m.
On , Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist at gmail.com> wrote:
In the clock trade they say DONT use 3 in 1 and auto
oils
they are the oils guilty of the thick sticky residue
when they dry
clockmakers prefer non drying oils for that reason
some of the
synthetics are good in that respect
before synthetics clock oils were based on some of the
animal oils
Dave Caroline
I agree. all the off the shelf stuff is not clock friendly. In the past,
Whale oil was used for lube and lamps.