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krv3000:
no just by all the things gowing to use in plastic

Biggles:
i'll be interested on what you come up with. Just in case someone doubts the use/effects of wintergreen oil, the item below is the leaflet given to NHS patients using warfarin. (ref; page 2, methyl salicylate on the skin)!

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwji_o3woNzQAhUFKsAKHSmGAp0QFggnMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nhs.uk%2Fipgmedia%2Fnational%2Fatrial%2520fibrillation%2520association%2Fassets%2Fwarfarinanddiet-patientinformation.pdf&usg=AFQjCNHdWP9rW9tDQqlJTsHrFNvC7MREVQ&cad=rja
 :bugeye:

krv3000:
well I have posed this before as I work in the making of car body components we use the industrial equivalent of wd40 and for over see shipping wax oil I get a lot of rust preventative paper that new tooling comes rapt in and all of me drors haze a peace in the bottom the other thing I get plenty of is them little packets of silicer  crystals so all me bits and bob's that's in boxes has them in 

PekkaNF:
Thank you for the warning. I did bump into it when I was trying to get the facts right in my head and the synthetic form of the oil of wintergreen caught my eye. Essentially same thing on toxicology.

Many of the natural products are one way or another poisonous. I usually avoid skin contact, but after reading some of the facts I am pretty content that in my application (pun not intended) risk of harmfull dose trough skin contact is pretty remote.

I'm not saying that oil of wintergreen is totaly harmless:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12040-muscle-rub-blamed-for-athletes-death/
https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+1935

But in this context, with some basic sense and precautions should be pretty safe as an "classic" rust prrevention oiling for precision instrumets.

Anyway I got two rolls of VCI paper, Japanese Camelia oil and Ballistol
https://www.dictum.com/en/sharpening/sharpening-accessories/rust-removers-rust-protection

I ordered these, because I was ordering some carnauba wax and shellac as well. Awaiting my aromatherary oils :lol:

Pekka

Biggles:
Yes it is a remote risk but as you say, it’s better to use gloves. I have used Ballistol on firearms, its pretty good. If it’s a little old it smells rancid, (I believe it has almond oil in it). I have also used Camelia oil whilst making a wax polish for wood. This is also an old Japanese method of keeping metal. It forms a layer over the metal and dries. This can take a long time depending on how much thinner you use.  :coffee:

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