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Date:         Fri, 27 Jun 2014 23:16:51 -0700
Reply-To:     MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         MICHAEL H <vwdash80@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Loving the mineral oil
Comments: To: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET>
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 ... switch to Marvel Mystery Oil ... discourages insects and 4 legged vermin ...  h t h          mike ________________________________ From: OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 12:47 AM Subject: Re: Loving the mineral oil         What do you do when the squirrels start chasing you down the road ~ You can't outrun them ~                                                         ORR ~ DeanB On 27 Jun , 2014, at 8:31 PM, Don Hanson wrote: > Not to highjack your thread...adding something to it........ > Another organic oil that has uses on our Vanagons is Peanut Oil.  I use it > on the exhaust system of my van, should probably do about once a month, but > I do it when I have the van inside for some other work...It helps with > rusting of the mild steel exhaust... > > > On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> I've done this before, but not with as much effect as today. That is using >> mineral oil on the dash and other plastic bits. I found an old bottle of >> heavy mineral oil ( USP, laxative) and applied it fairly generously to the >> dash. Let it sit a spell then buffed off. Did a nice job. But what really >> pleased me was how it restored the chalky door handles and handbrake cover. >> I have the self destructing brown plastic in my van and nothing I have used >> on it before has been quite as good as the mineral oil. >> >> >> Alistair >>


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