{"id":1412,"date":"2015-12-07T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2015-12-04T15:16:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T20:16:19","slug":"1412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/1412.html","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: What Kind of Lamp Oil Should I Use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Question\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>What kind of oil should I use in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/index.php?main_page=index&amp;cPath=2_124\" target=\"_blank\">lantern<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/index.php?main_page=product_info&amp;cPath=2_124&amp;products_id=1058\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1413 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jupiter.jpg\" alt=\"oil lamp\" width=\"192\" height=\"290\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Jerri&#8217;s answer<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0You want a sootless, smokeless, and odorless lamp oil that burns clean. This type of oil is safe to use indoors because it doesn&#8217;t give off dangerous gas and won&#8217;t leave a residue on room surfaces.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend standard clear lamp oil (no dyes) or &#8220;Klean-Heat&#8221; Kerosene Substitute.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>WARNING!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">DO NOT USE PARAFFIN OIL, DIESEL, BIO-DIESEL OR OLIVE OIL!<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>These are not suitable substitutes for any of the approved fuels because they have a flash point of over 200 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>You can find lamp oil in places like Walmart or large home improvement stores like Lowe&#8217;s and Home Depot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question\u00a0\u00a0What kind of oil should I use in my lantern? Jerri&#8217;s answer \u00a0You want a sootless, smokeless, and odorless lamp oil that burns clean. This type of oil is safe to use indoors because it doesn&#8217;t give off dangerous gas and won&#8217;t leave a residue on room surfaces. We recommend standard clear lamp oil (no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,115],"tags":[68,118,117,116],"class_list":["post-1412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to","category-lighting","tag-how-to-2","tag-lamp-oil","tag-lantern","tag-lighting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesteadersupply.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}