Olive oil - what do you use it for? - Page 2

grandpa_spec_F6 · 19-05-2011, 11:31 PM

Used it to oil the barrel of an old air rifle once as I was shooting rock salt and didn't want it to rust, didn't work too bad either!

FgNewbie · 19-05-2011, 11:33 PM

sezzy I'm shutting up before I get in trouble

edit
I got in enough trouble when I bought the oil. The poor dear misunderstood what I was asking about virgin oil

SEZ213 · 19-05-2011, 11:40 PM

FgNewbie · 19-05-2011, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

Used it to oil the barrel of an old air rifle once as I was shooting rock salt and didn't want it to rust, didn't work too bad either!

I would of thought it was too thick unless you were using a lighter type of olive oil.

grandpa_spec_F6 · 20-05-2011, 01:05 AM

Well if it's heated up a tad it runs very quick and very thin, so you just have a long bit of dowling and a lint-free rag, give it a few pumps up and down, then just for good measure I put a few slugs through her, still shot straight

SEZ213 · 20-05-2011, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

Well if it's heated up a tad it runs very quick and very thin, so you just have a long bit of dowling and a lint-free rag, give it a few pumps up and down, then just for good measure I put a few slugs through her, still shot straight

I blame FG Newbie for the fact that my mind went a different way when I read this post...

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 01:19 AM

wondered what I was reading for a minute

Sezzy I didn't do it... weally... well not unless you ask nice

Mr Hardware · 20-05-2011, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sezzy

I blame FG Newbie for the fact that my mind went a different way when I read this post...

GSAU's like that IRL too
what a funny fella

grandpa_spec_F6 · 20-05-2011, 01:31 PM

How dare you insinuate that!

I am pure in body, mind and soul ..... bahahaha I crack myself up sometimes

I'll admit when I wrote that I hadn't seen what sezzy and fgnewbie had been going on about :P

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by grandpa_spec_au

I'll admit when I wrote that I hadn't seen what sezzy and fgnewbie had been going on about :P

<insert>It just came naturally</insert>

I read your mind

**DJR-351** · 20-05-2011, 01:40 PM

For Ladies....(or whomever)

Apparently the Turkish guys are fond of Olive Oil.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_wrestling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2keIfaPHgw

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 01:45 PM

DJR-351 that clip isn't wrestling, it's a love fest!

If they showed any more it would be x rated

**DJR-351** · 20-05-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by FgNewbie

DJR-351 that clip isn't wrestling, it's a love fest!

If they showed any more it would be x rated

Agree, i doubt i would be so calm about some guy slipping his arm down my strides........

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 02:02 PM

Applying more oil?

I wonder what they call this move?

SEZ213 · 20-05-2011, 02:06 PM

Well, that was ummmm....interesting...Broke back Mountain eat your heart out...

The music put me off, like a sloooow zorba the greek...brought back memories of traditional (read hairy) greek men getting a little too friendly...

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 02:18 PM

For a change in direction.

Which is better, vegetable oil or olive oil?

SEZ213 · 20-05-2011, 02:21 PM

Olive for sure...garlic and chilli infused if possible

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 02:29 PM

I don't think I want to marinate my feet in garlic and chilli

When I bought the oil I was sorry I hadn't ask the doc what type. If anyone heard the conversation in store when I asked for advice (about the different types of olive oil) would of cracked up.

SEZ213 · 20-05-2011, 02:35 PM

You didn't say it was for your feet! I thought you meant in general...

Any kind of cold compressed oil will do the trick...you can buy carrier oils and such...I think they're generally an almond oil - there is some reason for having them, but I can't for the life of me remember (although I think it has to do with the lack of that 'greasy' feel that canola or vegetable oil has to it)

If it's fungal, add some eucalyptus or tea tree. If it's dry, add some lavender...

Just don't use sesame oil...the smell seems to 'soak' into your skin, and takes forever to get out... :S

edit: Carrier oils aren't generally for soaking your feet in though...as they can be pretty pricey...

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 02:49 PM

Very interesting, ta sezzy
I had to google "carrier oils"
I picked a random page
http://www.aromaweb.com/articles/whatcarr.asp
Oil's definitely ain't Oil's

Out of interest, I may try some virgin olive oil to see if I notice a difference.

edit: how do you buy lavender?

SEZ213 · 20-05-2011, 03:10 PM

Nah they certainly aren't! You may find that the carrier oil you pick will have it's own individual attributes, but I can't seem to find that list (I may not be looking hard enough). edit: or I could have just looked at they page you linked

You buy lavender as an oil, can get them from health food shops, any of those pretty little stores like Dusk and the like. An essential oil is generally more concentrated, and a little more expensive. But lavender is good for chucking in the bath too, and for migraines apparently (damn stuff just gives me a headache), and apparently has antiseptic qualities.

The other one for softening is...peppermint? I don't know the true benefits (except it smells pretty), but the menthol in it is apparently good for you...I think most of the foot scrubs the body shop have are peppermint based.

Baking soda or milk bath's can possibly do the same thing and epsom salts will soften your feet as well (if that's the issue).

FgNewbie · 20-05-2011, 03:24 PM

Interesting stuff, ta sezzy

I've got a can of Bosisto's Lavender Spray sitting here. When I first read the blurb on the can I thought it was a proverbial magical elixir.

Blurb: Sleep and relaxtaion. Antiseptic. Cleans and freshens. Anxiety & tension (no thanks already got some). Sleep and insomina (provides both?). Insect bites (bite them back). etc