[GreenKeys] 3-in-1 oil

[gil smith]

Hi Randy:

I poked around and found an MSDS for 3-in-1 oil:
http://www.a1motorstores.co.uk/shop-manager-info/cosshh/3_in_One_Drip_Oil.pdf

The composition is listed as:

PALE SPINDLE OIL     >98%
CORROSION INHIBITOR     Less than 1.0%
CITRONELLA OIL     Less than 0.5% N

I don't see how this leads to long-term gumming more so than any other 
light oil, or why it would attract dirt more than any similar-weight 
oil.  But I have heard that said elsewhere as well.  It's not like there 
are volatile solvents to evaporate, so it is not in the same category as 
WD-40 by any means.  I suppose only a chemist could give a definitive answer.

And though I don't know for certain, 3-in-1 seems like a decent light oil 
to me.  It's on a couple of my tty machines, so I guess time will tell.

gil


At 11:03 AM 6/6/2008, Randy or Sherry Guttery wrote:
>gil smith wrote:
>
>>I must have missed the discussion on 3-in-1 -- can you send it to me?  I 
>>have used it in the past.  A bad thing?
>
>This is far from definitive - but the basics are pretty much right:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-In-One_Oil
>
>Note the comment about attracting dirt - that is indeed true - and one of 
>the primary causes of it getting thicker - even gummy if allowed to go 
>that far.  However - in TTY use - since we tend to squirt oil at 
>everything - often - that tends to wash out the trapped contaminants and 
>provide fresh oil to everything in sight...
>
>again just my .02...
>--
>randy guttery
>
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