Jan 2, 2012 · An Aladdin burns fuel - whether kerosene or paraffin oil - much cleaner than an ordinary wick lamp. The reason is the mantle in an Aladdin burns at such a high temp that …

Nov 28, 2010 · Kerosene from a gas station, but it has gone up a lot around here -- over $4.00 a gallon. I used to buy lamp oil from Walmart that worked better than kerosene, but as you say, …

Nov 27, 2007 · We've stored kerosene for five years and it's still clear as water and works fine. Kersosene is an oil and is not as volatile as gasoline, consequently it doesn't evaporate …

Nov 23, 2005 · Can you use regular "oil lamp" oil in a kerosene lamp? If you can, then you can buy scentless lamp oil at any of the big chain stores, i.e., KMart, etc. That stuff works pretty …

Mar 2, 2010 · QUOTE=tarbe;4308780]Kerosene is a distillation cut from crude, generally C8 to C16. Lamp oil is a generic term and can mean different things to different folks. Two of the …

Jan 25, 2008 · I find the best lamp oil for the little lamps I make and use is olive oil. If you are referring to the kerosene/paraffin type, I use the liquid paraffin unscented. Most of the lamp …

Jan 30, 2010 · It works ok in standard non-pressurized oil lamps with wick. I suspect if you cant find wicks or other lamp parts locally, you will have to order online or some snailmail catalog. …

Apr 18, 2010 · If you can find one, the best container to use to store lamp oil is a gallon glass jug. Growing up that was the traditional way to store kerosene for lamps and other uses that didn't …

Dec 29, 2010 · I don't know what a one-year's supply of lamp oil would look like. We live in an earth-berm home with lots of south-facing windows, so we don't typically have lights on in the …

Apr 26, 2011 · A basic kerosene lamp burns with a yellow flame. Yellow flame = incomplete combustion. Incomplete combustion = sooty lamp chimney, air pollution, odors If you want a …