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Article: Vegetable oil requires special wicks.
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- Countryside & Small Stock Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2001
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COUNTRYSIDE: In reply to the article about trying to save lampwicks, from G.W. Pfahl: Flat wicks cannot work with vegetable oil, as that type of oil is too thick/heavy to rise up that sort of wick and burner design (now someone tells ya!).
Those vegetable oil "floating candles" use a different wick substance, usually fiberglass, and the flame end is close to the oil.
Vegetable oil that has "gone south" (rancid), is not fit for man nor beast's consumption, as the fatty acids in it have changed to an unhealthy form. It is fit to use for getting the woodstove going, oiling squeeky hinges, or, one can use it in oil lamps designed for this.
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