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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kentucky, post: 2458887, member: 33176&quot;]Mineral oil SHOULD contain only hydrocarbons...@BadThad disagrees and I&#039;m not so cocky as to totally disregard him.&nbsp; Even so, it would evaporate over time and would leave the surface looking as before, which would be dull, which is the reason the oil was used in the first place. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=17261]@BadThad[/USER] is 100% correct about the olive oil.&nbsp; In addition to being a mixture of acids (weak, but acids nonetheless) the unsaturation could oxidize and crosslink to form a plastic coating or film...for example, if you mix a color pigment with linseed oil, you get a paint like was used on paintings hundreds of years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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