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Does anyone know what type of oil they use to spray coal with? I would like to spray mine to keep the dust down.

light hydraulic oil

Eric

I called my supplier Cornwall Coal and he said they use a product called Coal Spray oil. I beleive it is from these folks
http://www.advancedlubes.com/product/advantage-co ... -spray-oil

Ever think of using used motor oil?

Ops

You could if you don't mind the smoke, smell, & mess. I rustproof everything with the stuff. It gets everywhere.

I just started using Light Mineral Oil from Tractor Supply. It is a veterinary product used as a laxative for farm animals. I am spraying it with a "Sure Shot" sprayer with a P707 nozzle. I just used it this weekend, and it looks good. I pour 50 lb bags in my hopper and then spray it lightly, and add more coal and do the same. I will update in a week or so and tell everyone how well I think it is working. I think I am on to something

do you know the name and price of the tractor supply oil? coal spray oil runs about $10 per gal. Thnx!

Treeman wrote:do you know the name and price of the tractor supply oil? coal spray oil runs about $10 per gal. Thnx!

$10 a gallon is a deal.

Tractor supply in our area charges $15.00 a gallon for animal mineral oil.

Mineral Oil Heavy Viscosity
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mineral oil or liquid petrolatum is a by-product in the distillation of petroleum to produce gasoline. It is a transparent, colorless oil composed mainly of alkanes (typically 15 to 40 carbons) [1] and cyclic paraffins, related to white petrolatum. Mineral oil is a substance of relatively low value, and it is produced in very large quantities. Mineral oil is available in light and heavy grades, and can often be found in drug stores.

CQ Concepts uses Penreco brand Drakeol 34 mineral oil for this application.

Applications

Refined mineral oil is used as transformer oil.
Alkali metals are sometimes submerged in mineral oil for storage or transportation. The oil prevents the metals from reacting with atmospheric moisture.
Mineral oil with added fragrance is marketed as baby oil in the US, UK and Canada.
Used as an ingredient in baby lotions, cold creams, ointments and other pharmaceuticals and low-grade cosmetics.
Used on eyelashes to prevent brittleness and/or breaking.
Used in small quantities (2–3 drops daily) to clean ears. Over a couple of weeks, the mineral oil softens dried or hardened earwax so that a gentle flush of water can remove it. In the case of a damaged or perforated eardrum, however, mineral oil should not be used, as oil in the middle ear can lead to ear infections.
Lubrication
Fuel, for items such as oil lamps.
Electric mineral-oil–filled space heaters
Coolant
Fog machines
Automotive and aviation brake fluid that does not absorb water molecules by osmosis
A coating of mineral oil protects metal surfaces from moisture and oxidation.
Light mineral oil is used in textile industries and used as a jute batching oil.
Mineral oil is used to darken soapstone countertops for aesthetic purposes.
It works (albeit poorly) as a release agent for molds, especially in fiberglass casting.
Used as a cleaner and solvent for inks in fine art printmaking as well as in oil painting, though turpentine is more often used.
In the poultry industry, plain mineral oil can be swabbed onto the feet of chickens infected with scaly mites on the shank, toes, and webs. Mineral oil suffocates these tiny parasites.
Some people have found success using mineral oil to remove henna used as a hair dye.
Using mineral oil or baby oil to reduce a grease, oil, or asphalt stain on clothing may be counter-intuitive, but is often effective, as the mineral oil dilutes and liquefies some of the stain thereby making it easier to clean out of the clothing.
Some people have used mineral oil as a cooling system for a computer, by completely submerging the computer's motherboard and system components into an aquarium tank filled with mineral oil. The oil does not have any long term effect on the components.

Other names for mineral oil

adepsine oil
alboline
baby oil
bayol 55
cable oil
bayol f
blandlube
blandol white mineral oil
carnea 21
clearteck
crystol 325
crystosol
Diala-X, AX
drakeol
electrical insulating oil
ervol
filtrawhite
fonoline
frigol
glymol
Heat-treating oil
hevyteck
hydraulic oil
hydrocarbon oils
jute batching oil



kaydol
kondremul
kremol
LHM
lignite oil
liquid paraffin
lubricating oil
master Shimmer
mineral oil
(saturated parrafin oil)
mineral oil hydrocarbon solvent (petroleum)
mineral oil mist
mineral oil, aromatic
mineral oil, paraffinic
mineral Seal Oil
molol
neo-cultol
nujol
oil mist
oil mist, mineral, severely refined
Oil mist, refined mineral
oil, petroleum
paraffin oil (class)



paraffin oil
parol
paroleine
peneteck
penreco
perfecta
petrogalar
petrolatum
petroleum hydrocarbons
petroleum, liquid
primol
primol 355
primol d
protopet
saxol
tech pet
f triona b
uvasol
univolt N60, 80
voltesso 35
white mineral oil
white oil

2001Sierra wrote:I pour 50 lb bags in my hopper and then spray it lightly, and add more coal and do the same.

Once you have poured the bag, isn't it too late to spray? While I am pouring a bag into my carrying hods (pieces of stovepipe), a cloud of black dust rises up like smoke. By the time I stop pouring, the cloud is already in the air and it is too late to spray anything.

Or is there a draft that sucks the dust cloud down into the hopper? And if that is true, why would you need to spray?

UPDATE! I have an outdoor hopper. I oil the coal in layers at it is filled, then fill my coal hods for inside the house. Sorry for the confusion

2001Sierra wrote:I have an outdoor hopper.

Now I understand. That's the mother of all hoppers!