@Darthbelal Yes they are expensive. But they are so beautiful and so bright and so well made that it's worth to own one.
I'll soon own one (ordered yesderday) and it is one of the most expensive models, an "Old Rose Majestic" - but how should I tell You: I do regret not a single cent of it's price although I'm not owning the lamp yet. ;-)
Only in specific types of center draft lamps, and it is still dangerous. If you try to use it in a flat wick lantern, it will explode. It's a bad idea in general.
@loboguara1 I think you must have a different type of mineral oil in mind, drug-store laxative mineral oil (what the guy is using in the lamp) will not explode in a flat wick lantern and has a lower flash-point than kerosene which is the fuel flat-wick lanterns are meant to use... You would be lucky to keep a flat-wick lit with mineral oil as it won't wick as readily as kerosene, the reason he uses it in the lamp is because the lamp is designed to heat the fuel (originally lard) to thin it...
what do you mean Aladdin lamps were expensive back then, they're STILL expensive as hell NOW!
Darthbelal 5 months ago
@Darthbelal Yes they are expensive. But they are so beautiful and so bright and so well made that it's worth to own one.
I'll soon own one (ordered yesderday) and it is one of the most expensive models, an "Old Rose Majestic" - but how should I tell You: I do regret not a single cent of it's price although I'm not owning the lamp yet. ;-)
SH1974 1 week ago
you can burn MINERAL OIL????....like the type you buy in the drugstore???
inkey2 2 years ago
Only in specific types of center draft lamps, and it is still dangerous. If you try to use it in a flat wick lantern, it will explode. It's a bad idea in general.
loboguara1 1 year ago
@loboguara1 I think you must have a different type of mineral oil in mind, drug-store laxative mineral oil (what the guy is using in the lamp) will not explode in a flat wick lantern and has a lower flash-point than kerosene which is the fuel flat-wick lanterns are meant to use... You would be lucky to keep a flat-wick lit with mineral oil as it won't wick as readily as kerosene, the reason he uses it in the lamp is because the lamp is designed to heat the fuel (originally lard) to thin it...
keroffin1 10 months ago