Tested c2 kero (28 sec, heating oil, UK) indoors with a Chinese wick heater: smell raw stuff indoors: poor, you really don't want a single drop...
That must be awfully smoking...
thanks! I'll try my luck with c2 heating oil first. The raw product doesn't smell much different than the bartoline paraffin I used before.
I miss the days when I had access to a lathe :(.
That is a very useful info, thanks! The hood on both of my lamps is still ~OK, but a tiny rust bit on one shows they'll need doing soon.
Thank you Tony&Julian, indeed, chrome plating is an ill-fated idea from the manufacturer in the first place.
New, red-tank Tilley x246b needs de-rusting and I am thinking on changing the color too. Recommendations for long lasting paints that help with...
Hi Alby, have you pursued C1 (premium) stuff since? I am driving trough Lancashire-Manchester-North Wales soon and wondering if there are any...
Theoretically very interesting for my quest to achieve the very best burning characteristics in paraffin burning lamps and a heater. Coleman fuel...
Very nice cleanup! Did you have to replace the pump or was it salvageable?
You're right, I was focusing on lanterns. Thanks for the insight! re build quality, rusting-peeling chrome finish is the ugliest sight I can...
I am in the same boat, looking forward to your results if they come first. Make sure you buy fresh heating oil from a merchant, not from the...
I wanted a Vapalux, but they tend to cost 2x the price of an x246b in working condition. I am new in this department, can't tell about...
Thank you! Re Taxes: right, lamp oils are not confidered fuel (LoL, we surely don't need light...) and taxed 20%, vs the heating fuels 5%. Thanks...
Outdoors I have been on 28 sec before, but that was also smaller volume/limited use. Just passed by a discounted offer on the "premium stuff"...
Meantime, shopping for premium paraffin one of the most common brands here say their's is not for lamps: Premium Paraffin | Barrettine Products...
Many thanks! Shifting more radiation to IR is a very interesting aspect, I'd be careful though not to overheat the glass.
Revisiting what heating oil merchants say about "premium heating oil", it seems the additive they provide is mainly to mitigate large scale...
Sure, additives won't remove e.g. sulfur. However, cleaner burn of aromatics is I guess well possible. I would not wander further than dedicated...
I was wondering, if fuel additives marketed to reduce char to premium paraffin levels, improve burning properties, etc. Do they worth adding to...
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