Gentle way to improve Pamor (no chemicals)

A. G. Maisey · 10th March 2022, 08:01 PM

Jean, old fashioned, ie, "old school" blackboard chalk was made from calcium carbonate + some other stuff, but modern chalk appears to be made from gypsum.

http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Blackboard_chalk

A. G. Maisey · 10th March 2022, 08:12 PM

Milandro, I have been using a mix of medicinal paraffin @ +/-50% + sandalwood @ +/- 45% + kenongo @ +/- 5% for about 45 years as my keris oil.

I adapted this mix from the most often used mix in Solo, which uses coconut oil instead of medicinal paraffin. For about 10 or 15 years I have sometimes substituted Singer sewing machine oil for the med. paraffin.

These oils mix well, they do not separate.

After oiling I use a thin plastic envelope to wrap the blade, before oiling I often use WD40 and allow it to dry before using the scented oil mix.

I store the complete keris in a cloth bag (singep) and store in a closed space.

I live 25 meters from a salt water lake and my house is exposed to prevailing winds, blades treated as I have advised will stay clean and uncorroded for more than 20 years. Much more than 20 years.

Nobody I know, have known, or heard of uses gun oil --- or any form of Balistol --- on tosan aji in Solo.

milandro · 10th March 2022, 09:43 PM

Thank you A.G.Maisey!

Singer Oil is what my friend uses and he says indeed that many on Bali use that too.

About the wrapping I am sure it is the best thing to do in a hot and humid climate with salt air.

Yet one never knows , perhaps Balistol is just the western version of the Singer Oil + scent? Having read the fact sheet it seems to be rather harmless albeit completely unknown in Indonesia.

10th March 2022, 08:01 PM	#1
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Jean, old fashioned, ie, "old school" blackboard chalk was made from calcium carbonate + some other stuff, but modern chalk appears to be made from gypsum. http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Blackboard_chalk

10th March 2022, 08:12 PM	#2
A. G. Maisey Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 7,015	Milandro, I have been using a mix of medicinal paraffin @ +/-50% + sandalwood @ +/- 45% + kenongo @ +/- 5% for about 45 years as my keris oil. I adapted this mix from the most often used mix in Solo, which uses coconut oil instead of medicinal paraffin. For about 10 or 15 years I have sometimes substituted Singer sewing machine oil for the med. paraffin. These oils mix well, they do not separate. After oiling I use a thin plastic envelope to wrap the blade, before oiling I often use WD40 and allow it to dry before using the scented oil mix. I store the complete keris in a cloth bag (singep) and store in a closed space. I live 25 meters from a salt water lake and my house is exposed to prevailing winds, blades treated as I have advised will stay clean and uncorroded for more than 20 years. Much more than 20 years. Nobody I know, have known, or heard of uses gun oil --- or any form of Balistol --- on tosan aji in Solo.

10th March 2022, 09:43 PM	#3
milandro Member Join Date: Jan 2022 Location: Netherlands Posts: 492	Thank you A.G.Maisey! Singer Oil is what my friend uses and he says indeed that many on Bali use that too. About the wrapping I am sure it is the best thing to do in a hot and humid climate with salt air. Yet one never knows , perhaps Balistol is just the western version of the Singer Oil + scent? Having read the fact sheet it seems to be rather harmless albeit completely unknown in Indonesia.