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Old 10-28-2005, 06:00 PM
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Anybody ever try comercial smoke machine oil in there smoke system. The kind for stage and party smokers. It is readily available and cheap.

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They suck!!! You want really dense smoke. Try B&B Specialties. Call Dick Bennett. http://www.bennettbuilt.com/page1.htm
Old 10-30-2005, 12:09 PM
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I just order the 5 gallon jug of Supr dri.........then I use my pump to pump a gallon out into my gallon container for the field.

If I think I'll need more I've got extra gallon supr-dri containers I can fill in to.
Old 10-30-2005, 12:40 PM
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Commercial smoke oil is glycol based and is not very good for airplane smoke oil as it does not make very dense smoke. so far teh best smoke oil I have found is ALMAG oil. It is a mcahine cutting oil, tons of guys use it and it makes really dense long lasting smoke with very little residue. It cost me $55.00 Canadian (as I live in Canada) for a 5 gallon pail. I have tested all sorts of smoke oil in the same system and by far Almag makes the best smoke....Super Dri is expensive compared to this stuff.

.........Remember smoking is bad for your health though :-)

Old 10-30-2005, 11:28 PM
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I only paid $40 for the 5 gallon pail of supr-dri from my LHS.......Even if you buy it from tower.....its $55.....so same price
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well convert 55 dollars canadian to US dollars it equals about 46 bucks.
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Any problems reported on "build-up" in the system? http://vamotors.lv/saits/eng/234/Almag%20Oil. html[sm=confused.gif]
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Super-Dry is $297/55 gal Barrel plus $79 shipping from south of Chicago to Southern Wi.
297 + 79 = 376 376 / 55 = $6.84 / Gal I don't think U can get it any cheeper than that
Without being a dealer .... U say that's a lot? 32os/ flight = 4 flights / gal. 55 gal x 4 = 220 flights.
split that up between a few club members that are serrious about SMOKE and it's not too bad.
Just a thought
p.s. we'll save the shipping by picking it up on our way back from Toleado in April

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