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  2. Spikenard - Wikipedia

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    Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India.

  3. Neatsfoot oil - Wikipedia

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    Neatsfoot oil is a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shin bones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle. "Neat" in the oil's name comes from an Old English word for cattle. [1] Neatsfoot oil is used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather. In the 18th century, it was also used medicinally as a topical application ...

  4. Mineral oil - Wikipedia

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    Mineral oil USP or light mineral oil can be used as an anti-rust agent for their blades. It is an inexpensive alternative for storing reactive metals, such as the alkali metals, lithium, potassium and sodium. [31] Horticultural oil is often made with mineral oil as the active ingredient.

  5. Cosmoline - Wikipedia

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    Description. Cosmoline was developed by Houghton International in the 1860s or 1870s as a pharmaceutical product. The original Cosmoline was an ointment and was used for many different cosmetic and medical purposes, it was even advocated to promote hair growth. [3] It was kept in homes to disinfect wounds and was used by veterinarians to treat ...

  6. Oil paint - Wikipedia

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    Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. For several centuries the oil painting has been perhaps the most prestigious form in Western art, but oil paint has many practical uses, mainly because it is waterproof. The earliest surviving examples of oil paint ...

  7. Ballistol - Wikipedia

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    Ballistol. Ballistol as liquid and as aerosol. Ballistol (meaning 'Ballistic Oil') is a mineral oil -based chemical which advertises that it has many uses. It is manufactured and distributed by Ballistol GmbH in the Bavarian village of Aham and was originally intended for cleaning, lubricating, and protecting firearms.

  8. Cedar oil - Wikipedia

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    Cedar oil, also known as cedarwood oil, is an essential oil derived from various types of conifers, most in the pine or cypress botanical families. It is produced from the foliage, and sometimes the wood, roots, and stumps left after logging of trees for timber. It has many uses in art, industry, and perfumery, and while the characteristics of ...

  9. Danish oil - Wikipedia

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    Danish oil being applied to a wooden plinth. Danish oil is a wood finishing oil, often made of tung oil or polymerized linseed oil. Because there is no defined formulation, its composition varies among manufacturers. Danish oil is a hard drying oil, meaning it can polymerize into a solid form when it reacts with oxygen in the atmosphere.