Bob in Oregon wrote:

act as oils and vice versa. What exactly is kerosene, and what do you
use it for?

One nobody else mentioned. Trumpet valve oil. The clear type. Works, and
it's cheap. One big whateversize container of UltraPure is enough to keep
the valves on three trumpets humming for years.

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