Re: MtMan-List: Patch Lube / BP Cleaner

[John Kramer <kramer@kramerize.com>]

At 12:44 PM 6/16/98 -0600, Charlie P. Webb wrote:

>       The water soluble oil is actually very similar to 
>some of the available lubricants used thru the mid 1700's through
>the 1860's  

I am curious as to specifically which lubricants you refer to.  

The earliest reference to a W.S.O. I've found speaks of saponifying mineral
oil
with alkali soap and water to produce a Water Soluble Oil.  An early 20th
century technique with a petroleum base oil.  I have found no early references
to this technique being used with lard oil or any other oil.

John...

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