Good evening all,
Something Andy mentioned earlier bugged for me a while but I think I have it sorted. When he was talking about mixing Castor and only kerosene he made a comment about the dye in the oil tinting the kero and making it hard to tell if there was separation or not. At first it didn't make and sense to me as any Castor oil I have used has also been a natural light honey colour.
And then he said
"There MAY be something unique with Klotz Benol, their racing castor formula which was formulated for racing bikes and snowmachines. The label says that it'll mix with methanol and gasoline. Does that explain it?
And I recalled seeing one of his pictures which clearly showed a Klotz Benol bottle of oil. And I couldn't help but think about all the old stories I had read about Castor not mixing with kerosene.
Light bulb came on, it must be the Benol that Andy is using this allowing him to mix Castor with kerosene.
As an experiment I tried mixing some Sig AA Castor oil 3:1 with garden variety kerosene. Shaken, not stirred and a darn good shaking at that. Intial observation is a very cloudy mix. Not really cloudy however, more like the Castor is in suspension as tiny droplets rather than going into solution with kerosene.
So, it didn't seem to mix very well at all. I will leave it overnight at room temperature and check it in the morning.
More details to follow.
cheers, Graham in Embrun near Ottawa Canada