Does anyone know where I can buy lamp oil?....I have lots of oil for my lantern, but I am having a hard time finding lamp oil for indoor use. I have checked walmart, canadian tire and tsc stores with no luck....
Any suggestions?
Hello sbasacco
Try Home Hardware.. My Wife gets it there. I believe it only comes in 1 liter containers though.
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TSC store
Farmers Co-op
Canadian Tire in the Durham and Clarington Regions !
Home Hardware, ask them to check prices on 1gal and 5 gal containers, then is price is right ask them to order it in.
Dollarama for small expensive size
Since you live in Amish and Mennonite area, why not ask one of them politely, where they buy theirs?
thank you both.....I appreciate your help!!
just went shopping for some the other day. Home Hardware seems to have the best selection. They have an entire new collection of brass lamps now, all $60 but gorgeous. They also sell 2for$19. Full selection of wick widths (yes, size matters), and various fuel options. The cheapest is Citronella scented, 4L for about $16, or you can buy the good stuff (smokeless, clear, unscented) for about $12/L. Theres also a variety of scents available (all in 1L)
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Check out this site for all things lamps. http://www.milesstair.com
If you are into lamp/heaters you will spend a lot of time in there. There used to be a link in there to some of his preparedness information. If you find it, there is a lot of interesting stuff there as well.
I'm not sure what lamp style you have but, this is what he recommends for center draft lamps.
These large center draft lamps will burn kerosene, but they were actually designed to burn "low odor mineral spirits." The same "lamp fuel" is available today, but marked "Paint Thinner with Low Odor Mineral Spirits." ["Low Odor" then meant low sulfur content.] It works just as well in center draft Kosmos lamps with the #15 burner with flame spreader or an Aladdin lamp. Virtually no odor, no tar buildup, wicks seldom have to be trimmed, the flame is a nice bright white (see lamp above on the left), and it's less expensive than hardware store kerosene! It also stores extremely well.
A lot of the old order Mennos and Amish use Coleman/naphtha around here. I do a garage sale in the spring and they buy most of the lanterns and stoves I've picked up over the winter. For some reason naphtha is crazy expensive in Canada. More then double US prices. There are some Coleman lanterns designed to burn kero. But if you like to tinker it's possible to convert a naphtha lantern to burn kero.
Check this website out for some great Coleman info. http://colemancollectorsforum.websitetoolbox.com/ Great site and the guys on the forum are very knowledgeable.
Saw canola oil being used as lamp oil. It does smoke quite a bit though.
4th try at responding!
I use Extra Virgin Olive Oil, it hardly smokes at all, although I have noted a difference in the amount of smoke when different wicks are used.
now did you use the canola oil and the olive oil in a lantern or lamp?
I have seen on youtube that people have made little jar lanterns with canola/olive oil in them. I have made some as "just in case" scenario. But a proper lantern, may not be able to draw the oil up the wick. Have you tried it or just seen it?....I am looking specifically for my oil lamp.
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What specifically is the make/model of your lamp? Are you looking for safer/greener/nicer/cheaper alternatives to kero.
See link below for complete info on various lamp fuels
Sbasacco,
Here is the link to Miles kero primer page. It will explain appropriate fuels for the different styles of lamps you may encounter. Hopefully your style should be covered.
http://www.milesstair.com/kero_fuel_primer.html
I never tried it.
Try looking for bulk fuels in the phone book. I called a place near me and they sell kerosene out of a pump like at the gas station for really cheap.
Curious what the name of the retailer is and where they are located...?
i never really thought much about larger oil lamps, but its not that expensive, and the oil can be stored for a bit.
thanks for the post