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NT writes:
On Aug 12, 9:59*pm, "john stone" wrote:
Want to get a small paraffin lamp going. Is the lamp oil you can buy
marketed for lamps simply like white spirit or turpentine you buy in
hardware stores? *It seems more expensive, but is it any different?
Thanks.
no, its deodorised paraffin

Real olive oil also works as a lamp oil, whereas some of the
fake olive oils won't. (It's one of the tests for fake olive oils.)
Probably won't work as well as real lamp oil though.

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