How do I clean oil lamp globe?

[Thomas]

I have 4 oil lamps, 2 different models. The globes after years of
service have a pale grey buildup on the inside. I have used regular
dish soap on a drinking glass sponge to no avail. Is there a household
cleaner that will take this grime off? I burn the UltraPure 99
parrafin oil and just bought KleanHeat which I will give a report on.

Thomas

[Stormin Mormon]

The old timers used to use news paper. Dry. Crumple it up,
and rub it around. I have not tried it, don't know if this
works.

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"Thomas" <cano...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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[book...@yahoo.com]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:04:54 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

I've found that soaking in vinegar several hours dissolves away lots
of stuff.

[Jack G.]

On Oct 8, 3:49 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:04:54 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <canope...@yahoo.com>

> wrote:
>
> >I have 4 oil lamps, 2 different models. The globes after years of
> >service have a pale grey buildup on the inside. I have used regular
> >dish soap on a drinking glass sponge to no avail. Is there a household
> >cleaner that will take this grime off? I burn the UltraPure 99
> >parrafin oil and just bought KleanHeat which I will give a report on.
>
> >Thomas
>
> I've found that soaking in vinegar several hours dissolves away lots
> of stuff.

Vinegar is good but try a windex type glass cleaning product with a
rough pad.

Jack G.

[hal]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:04:54 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Try a stove store and get some stove glass door cleaner.

>
>Thomas

[None4U]

"Jack G." <jgra...@pioneernet.net> wrote in message
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Jack G.

Diesel spewed.

Ive come to the conclusion that round wick lanterns burn oil. Flat wick oil
lanterns dont burn oil, but K1, kerosene .

Flat wick oil lanterns do not burn any oil. Correctly.

They burn Clear kerosene.

Ultrapure may be pure but its not for flat wick oil lanterns.

Its for round wick oil lamps.

Easy to remember. flat wick kero, round wick oil.

I learned it the hard way, but if you want cites i can get you 1 or possibly
2.

[Stormin Mormon]

I've used a bunch of ultra pure in flat wick lanterns.
Worked fine for me, but I havn't gone through a lot of
galons of oil.

Tried paint thinner "mineral spirits". Dries out rapidly.
And one web site (Lehmans?) says it's dangerous, sometimes
when it heats up, the fire goes critical, and takes off like
Chernobyl on night shift.

Love to hear your experiences.

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[Frank Gilliland]

On Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:04:54 -0700 (PDT), Thomas <cano...@yahoo.com>
wrote in
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The only thing I've found to get that stuff off is steel wool and
elbow grease.

[Stormin Mormon]

Real survivalists share their wisdom about wick lamps, and
fuel types.

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"None4U" <nos...@nospam.none> wrote in message
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Ive come to the conclusion that round wick lanterns burn

[Karsten Kruse]

Thomas schrieb:

> I have 4 oil lamps, 2 different models. The globes after years of
> service have a pale grey buildup on the inside. I have used regular
> dish soap on a drinking glass sponge to no avail. Is there a household
> cleaner that will take this grime off?

I used gasoline (fuel for a zippo to be exact) with good results, i
think one side of the globe was grey like yours, one was black and
sooty. I had to scrub hard tho.

Karsten

--
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lack of evidence is ignored, contradicting facts are not processesd.

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[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 5:37 pm, "Stormin Mormon"

<cayoung61**spambloc...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> The old timers used to use news paper. Dry. Crumple it up,
> and rub it around. I have not tried it, don't know if  this
> works.

Nope. Did not work. At all.

[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 6:49 pm, bookb...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I've found that soaking in vinegar several hours dissolves away lots
> of stuff.

[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 7:29 pm, "Jack G." <jgran...@pioneernet.net> wrote:
> Vinegar is good but try a windex type glass cleaning product with a
> rough pad.
>
> Jack G.

Nope. Did not work. At all.

[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 8:42 pm, hal wrote:
> Try a stove store and get some stove glass door cleaner.  

Did not try but I want to assume this would be key.

[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 9:03 pm, "None4U" <nos...@nospam.none> wrote:
> I learned it the hard way, but if you want cites i can get you 1 or possibly
> 2.

What exactly was the hard way? The oil I burn burns quite nicely in my
flat wick lamps.

[Thomas]

On Oct 8, 11:25 pm, Frank Gilliland <wïrenut@NOSPAMïcehouse.net>
wrote:

> The only thing I've found to get that stuff off is steel wool and
> elbow grease.

Bingo. Thank you Frank.

[Thomas]

On Oct 9, 1:17 pm, Karsten Kruse <tecn...@tecneeq.de> wrote:
> I used gasoline (fuel for a zippo to be exact) with good results, i
> think one side of the globe was grey like yours, one was black and
> sooty. I had to scrub hard tho.
>
> Karsten

I will try this next time...

[Frank Gilliland]

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:07:08 -0700, Winston_Smith <not_...@bogus.net>
wrote in <gbend5pp59qqrm2pg...@4ax.com>:

>Karsten Kruse <tec...@tecneeq.de> wrote:
>
>>Thomas schrieb:
>>
>>> I have 4 oil lamps, 2 different models. The globes after years of
>>> service have a pale grey buildup on the inside. I have used regular
>>> dish soap on a drinking glass sponge to no avail. Is there a household
>>> cleaner that will take this grime off?
>>
>>I used gasoline (fuel for a zippo to be exact) with good results, i
>>think one side of the globe was grey like yours, one was black and
>>sooty. I had to scrub hard tho.
>>
>>Karsten
>

>Lighter fluid is naphtha; so is Coleman fluid.

Naphtha is a light petroleum distillate fraction. IOW, it's the part
of crude oil that boils within a specific range of temperatures, an
intermediate step between raw crude and final product. These products
include lighter fluid, Coleman fuel, paint thinner, etc.... but most
of it is turned into gasoline. Naphtha is -not- the same as the final
products (except maybe for some lighter fluids). The naphtha that you
can buy in cans at the hardware store is the unrefined distillate.

[wmtom...@gmail.com]

I know this is an old post, but Goof Off in the yellow can works well. Its normally used to remove old sticker adhesive, among other things..

[tRudy Crayola]

On 1/19/2020 8:18 PM, wmtom...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 5:04:54 PM UTC-4, Thomas wrote:
>> I have 4 oil lamps, 2 different models. The globes after years of
>> service have a pale grey buildup on the inside. I have used regular
>> dish soap on a drinking glass sponge to no avail. Is there a household
>> cleaner that will take this grime off? I burn the UltraPure 99
>> parrafin oil and just bought KleanHeat which I will give a report on.
>>
>> Thoma
>

> I know this is an old post, but Goof Off in the yellow can works well. Its normally used to remove old sticker adhesive, among other things..

Try Kerosene
>


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[Dim Witte]

I've had good luck removing supposedly permanent marks, like ball
point pen ink, using barbecue charcoal fire starter. Don't know why
it works, but just coating, letting soak in, then rubbing gets it
quickly off. Very common and inexpensive.