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Oct 26, 2011 5:55:26 GMT -5
Post by talkingstones on Oct 26, 2011 5:55:26 GMT -5
I think I'm going to stick with the oil mix for now. Mixing the baby oil sounds like a good idea. Also the horse laxative sounds like a good alternative for me up here. We have a Tractor Supply pretty close. Let me see how I do with this though. Thanks so much and I will get a picture of the Tiger's Eye up here over the weekend. Cool stone, I just wish it had been a better specimen to work with.
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May 8, 2013 16:38:30 GMT -5
Post by doneall517 on May 8, 2013 16:38:30 GMT -5
We got some Propylene glycol at a feed store. meant to be mixed with feed. It is clear in color. Would this work okay with a lortone 12" saw?? Mike
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May 8, 2013 22:27:06 GMT -5
Post by Rockoonz on May 8, 2013 22:27:06 GMT -5
No. My personal rule is water based cutting fluid for 8 inches or smaller only.
Lee
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May 8, 2013 22:32:11 GMT -5
Post by doneall517 on May 8, 2013 22:32:11 GMT -5
Thanks Lee, did not realize that it was water based. How is it different than mineral oil that is used with horses.. Off tomorrow to see if I can find 2 gallons of mineral oil at tractor supply. Mike
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barclay
has rocks in the head
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May 9, 2013 21:39:44 GMT -5
Post by barclay on May 9, 2013 21:39:44 GMT -5
Before you look at any of the anti-freeze products take a look at the warnings on the label and read the MSDS. The MSDS is usually pretty to find online. If it says something like "always wear gloves" or "hazardous" you probably don't want to use it in my opinion. I like mineral oil. It is readily available, reasonably cheap and it is meant to go inside your body it is probably ok on the outside, within reason. I wouldn't bathe in it. Another issue is your stone absorbing some of the color from the antifreeze.
On the asbestos issue, just one word...DON'T. I have been in the air pollution arena for close to 20 years now and have had to tell people that they have been exposed to something that could kill them horribly and painfully sometime in the next 20-40 years. Asbestos is just a group of minerals that frequently come in thin chemically resistant fibers. When they get down in your lungs your body continually attacks them and that leads to cancer. One fiber can kill you. There is no known safe level of exposure to asbestos fibers. How many of us have lapidary machines that are clean enough to eat off of? Every one I have seen has rock dust on them. Oil sounds like a good fix, the only problem is that you don't leave the rock in oil forever. Eventually you will take that slab out of the oil in your saw and try and make something out of it. To do that you have to clean it off. Yes golden tiger eye is converted blue tremolite asbestos, but remember Mother Nature is many things, but she is rarely perfect. Can you be sure that every fiber has been changed? None of us have x-ray vision. It is still a small diameter mineral fiber. I have no idea how chemical resistant tiger eye is. It is still mostly silicon and oxygen, just like sand and just like tremolite.
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