Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Jim Markle
Howdy, low, slow, and smoky fliers;Well, here's the scoop on "Canopus" smoke oil. I can get it, but only in quantities of 55 gal. drum. I'm not opposed to that if I could get somebody to buy some of it to help with cost. I know what a drum will cost me, but getting down to usable quantities, what would you smokers be willing to pay? My cost would be about $7 a gallon but I'd need to get it into smaller containers and get it to guys who wanted some... not real easy to handle, but it's doable (where I work, we ship barrels, drums, and containers of all sorts). So I'd say with packing and all, it would cost maybe $8 a gallon for me to handle.What are you smokers paying for baby oil, vegetable oil, or the other stuff you guys stick in your tailpipes?Oscar ZunigaSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net________________________________________________________________________________Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 15:19:34 -0500 (GMT-05:00)

Original Posted By: "walt evans"

Original Posted By: Rcaprd(at)aol.com
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: smoke oilIn a message dated 4/12/2005 4:21:10 PM Central Standard Time, taildrags(at)hotmail.com writes:What are you smokers paying for baby oil, vegetable oil, or the other stuff you guys stick in your tailpipes?Oscar, I was buying the cheap Baby Oil at Wal Mart, I think it was a little over $1 for the big bottle. I got some strange looks, when I checked out with 8 or 10 bottles of the stuff !! That's the best way to buy it when on a big cross country flight, because I don't like the thought of carrying a big supplyof oil for smoke. I since bought a 5 gal bucket of Edcot Light White Mineral Oil, item #47106-05, from Hampel Oil Distributors, here in Wichita. It was $30for the 5 gal. They told me it's what they sell to the Airshow Pilots. It still smokes pretty good, but it seemed like the Baby Oil from Wal Mart smokeda little better, and it smelled real good to the crowd. You should have some oil distributors in the San Antonio area, where you could buy 5 gal of White Mineral Oil - the stuff used for Baby Oil. Jim M. - Save the Baby Powder, to powder your Poe Poe on a long cross country flight !!Chuck G.Smoke 'em, if ya got 'em !!________________________________________________________________________________