Posted by Mike F. on January 18, 2001 at 02:32:18 from 203.26.98.4:
In Reply to: Re: Oil Stoves posted by Mike Stevens on January 17, 2001 at 18:55:45:
Mike, I notice that John Lambert's already posted a reply to your question as a new thread. I don't know John's nationality, but as an Aussie myself my response would be that kerose(i)ne is indeed the same stuff as the UK's parrafin. Kero used to be colourless here, too, but it's now dyed blue, I assume in accordance with an international colour-coding scheme for petroleum-based products.
White spirit, on the other hand, is a highly-refined and colourless petrol -- highly inflammable (or, to use the current term, flammable -- in any case, it burns really well.) Similar to the branded Shellite or Essolite that I think I mentioned earlier, and that can be used as fuel in some Colman-type pressure lanterns and stoves. You would NOT use shellite in an ordinary pressure kero lantern or stove -- not more than once, anyway.
We don't have a "turps substitute" as far as I'm aware -- just pure turps (vegetable) and mineral turps (petrol product.)