Help with Paraffin.

[kneescraper]

Ahhh thanks Swoop, that clears it up for me....thank for Oracle for me.

[Blackbird]

Here's your MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for paraffin wax. Mostly no big deal at all, it's even relatively hard to set fire to. Just bear in mind though that if you get it hot to the extent that it's vapourising, the vapour can actually cause pneumonia if you get significicant exposure. Ok with plenty of ventilation.

Your safety tip of the day, hehe

[bugjuice]

kero doesn't damage paint work and powder coatings etc?

[kneescraper]

Kero doesnt, no. Ive been taught once you wash your bike. Make a mix of half kero and half CRC 5.56 and using a old spray bottle like what your window cleaner comes in, spray onto your frame, swing arm and surrounding areas...this stops any major road grime etc making its home on your bike.

Works bloody well if you ask me....just a thin layer will do the job.

[Pixie]

I thought paraffin and Kerosene were the same thing. For a moment I had a mental image of you giving your engine a bikini wax to "tear" off the dirt. Could always do a bit of experimentation with the left overs

Kerosene is parafin and parafin wax is candle wax.

The wax is available from supermarkets in yellow boxes labled "National Preserving Wax"

I warm kerosene in a container in a tub of hot water.(Do Not heat on the stove,for obvious reasons) and dissolve the wax in the kero.

This is great fron removing tar from paint work and exhaust cans.