Oil free water soluble bar and chain lube
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I was expecting the mfg to be KY.
xtremez
ArboristSite Guru
At $35 a gallon it better come in different flavors
Some have success with Canola oil. It may not be as tacky as regular bar oil but cheaper and easy on the environment. This story makes me think of the millions of tons of salt that are spread on roads in the North every winter. That can't be good.
Vegan bar oil... what will they think of next
It's not...especially on vehicles.
SteveSr
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It's just over-hyped (and over-priced) vegetable oil!
BTW, soil bacteria will eventually degrade petroleum oil. You obviously don't want to get it into water sources.
Says water soluble. Doubt it's veggie oil.
Depending on the water...oceans have petroleum eating bacteria.
Made from freshly squeezed babies.
I use hydraulic oil
KostasVolos
ArboristSite Operative
It's based on a thick ,plant-derived ,non-toxic alcohol ,with a surfactant /anti-corrosion agent and a "preservative" added .
https://b3cfuel.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/B3C-Better-Than-Oil-Bar-and-Chain-Lubricant-SDS.pdf
It is closely related to cooling liquids used
on automobiles .Much thicker though...
But here's the catch ...
Check the substance with CAS# 4719-04-4 .
The third one on the table above ...
Now read the following :
https://www.ashland.com/file_source...lity/rc_hexahydro-135-tris-s-triazine_pss.pdf
Fatal if inhaled ...
That product contains 0.5 to 0.8 % of that crap ( triazines ) .
Yeah i prefer regular dino oil.
Acutely toxic when inhaled. Game over, as far as I'm concerned.
That product needs to be reported to the UL underwriters lab and the EPA it has no business being on the shelves.
KostasVolos
ArboristSite Operative
(...)
Consumer: Hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(-2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine is widely used as an antimicrobial agent in metal working fluids. This material is not directly sold to consumers and has no known intended use in consumer products. Therefore, consumer exposure is considered to be negligible.
Worker: In industrial settings, hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(-2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine is manufactured and handled in closed processes as much as possible, which ensures that worker exposure is minimized. When there is potential for exposure, such as during loading, unloading, sampling or maintenance operations, exposure to hexahydro-1,3,5-tris-(-2-hydroxyethyl)-s-triazine can be further minimized by the proper use of personal protective equipment.
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Did you see the application we're discussing? It's a consumer product where this chemical is going to be sprayed all over and inhaled.
KostasVolos
ArboristSite Operative
Why am I not surprised?
