[GreenKeys] KS-7470 OIL (American Oil, NJ)

[Jones, Douglas W]

On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:24 PM, David Tumey wrote:

> The post about the smell of the original oil caught my attention.  I am working towards restoring my TTYs so I can relive my childhood to some degree and the distinct smell of the oil boiling away inside the machine is critical to my needs at least.

The MSDS says "CLEAR LIQUID; MILD ODOR."

My guess is that (unlike many WD40 products, which are scented), the
odor you smell is just the natural odor of highly distilled light
mineral oil.  I'll bet that Starrett 1620 smells very similar.  The
MSDS for that says "Color: Clear; Odor: Slight".

In any case, I have updated my web page to reflect what I learned
about KS7471 grease.
-- homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/UI-8/ks7470oil.shtml

		Doug Jones
		jones at cs.uiowa.edu