Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Jul 18, 2023 19:14:17 GMT -5
I just bought 100 pints of mineral oil from Walmart. That comes to 16.64 per gallon. That is 12.5 gallons. I won't need to buy more for a while now.
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Post by Peruano on Jul 19, 2023 6:58:06 GMT -5
Is that mineral oil as found in the pharmacy dept (i.e. laxative). That was my primary source for several years and before a bigger saw. You must of special ordered it. I can never find more than a dozen on the shelf at a time. I think its great but have the impression that it is a little heavier (i.e. viscous) than the horse laxatives bought at farm stores. Not an issue but solids may remain suspended in the heavier stuff instead of settling out as in the horse laxatives. The result is the solids drain out of the saw rather than having to be scraped out (in my experience).
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Jul 19, 2023 10:04:42 GMT -5
I use both but 30 bucks as opposed to 16.64, I will scrape a little bit. Plus I have an Everclean system so I don't have to clean it very often. Truth be told though, I really don't see much if any difference in them. I asked them to special order it but they couldn't. They ordered it as a stock replacement and put it on the shelf. I took 100 bottles off of the shelf and loaded them into a tote.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 19, 2023 12:41:50 GMT -5
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Post by Peruano on Jul 19, 2023 15:13:45 GMT -5
Noone would want to pay $30 + for oil. Even Tractor Supply which I consider a bit expensive is under $20. Often if you go to a pet/ag supply store and tell them that you are a quantity user of horse laxatives (after they stop laughing) they will offer you a discount. Our connection here in Albuquerque is giving it to us for around $13/gallon. Maybe giving the manager a pretty stone helps with the favored pricing. Indeed you have found one of the best sources for oil (price, availability, and convenience), now cut on.
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Post by Mel on Jul 20, 2023 13:46:00 GMT -5
Noone would want to pay $30 + for oil. Even Tractor Supply which I consider a bit expensive is under $20. Often if you go to a pet/ag supply store and tell them that you are a quantity user of horse laxatives (after they stop laughing) they will offer you a discount. Our connection here in Albuquerque is giving it to us for around $13/gallon. Maybe giving the manager a pretty stone helps with the favored pricing. Indeed you have found one of the best sources for oil (price, availability, and convenience), now cut on. The local farm supply store outright refused to sell me 10 gallons of mineral oil because I wasn't a farmer. I asked the woman what she thought I was going to do with it, go on a spree giving laxative to all the cattle around me? She didn't have an answer to that one. I was furious because there was no sign indicating any such requirement. |
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Jul 20, 2023 15:40:59 GMT -5
Sounds like she needs some laxative.
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