On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:41:37 -0700, wrote:

I've seen it in the
damnedest of places- spray cans of it for lubricating electrical
equipment, for instance...

I managed to ruin a few batches of home-brewed oil finish until I
spotted the problem.

I was using an ex- chemistry lab stirrer hotplate for heating my oil.
At some past time, this must have been filled with a silicone oil, as
a bain marie around the flask being heated. The remaining traces in
the bowl were enough to "creep" into the inner flask I was using and
wind up in my oil finish.
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Smert' spamionam