Author Topic: Orange Oil? (Read 141 times)

juggernaught · « **on:** August 12, 2009, 08:29:13 PM »

Well my pure lemon oil disappeared, but I found this sample of pure orange oil from the same company. Thoughts?

David Houck · « **Reply #1 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:44:45 PM »

I think you can get pure lemon oil here:

Moses Kountry Health Foods
7115 4th Street NW
Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107
T.F. 1-888-225-6225

juggernaught · « **Reply #2 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:48:19 PM »

Sweet, yeh the local food COOP and some other health store I know of sell pure lemon oil, though that store is like literally 10 minutes walking distance from where I'm at. I was just curious about the orange oil though: the disappearance of my lemon oil only served to make me ask what if?....

David Houck · « **Reply #3 on:** August 12, 2009, 08:51:48 PM »

The only thing I recall Mica recommending is pure lemon oil.

bsee · « **Reply #4 on:** August 12, 2009, 09:13:39 PM »

There's a FAQ post on oiling here: http://club.alembic.com/Images/16271/16379.html?1107729282

I thought we had previously asked about pure orange oil as it is significantly cheaper than lemon, but I didn't find any references. The fact is the cost is inconsequential since you can oil a fingerboard with maybe six drops.

lbpesq · « **Reply #5 on:** August 12, 2009, 09:40:36 PM »

Isn't orange oil the stuff they use to kill termites and make Goo-Gone? Sounds scary to me. I'd stick to lemon oil.

Bill, tgo

longhorncat · « **Reply #6 on:** August 12, 2009, 10:36:40 PM »

Are you still in Albuquerque?
Go to Whole Foods Market - they have at least two brands of pure lemon oil.

juggernaught · « **Reply #7 on:** August 13, 2009, 11:17:12 AM »

> I'm in Albuquerque for 5 more days! Sure, I can go to Whole Foods. > It looks like the Brown is going into storage, so I need to oil her > up for possibly a very long time. > Hrm, I figured that orange oil had a lot of the same things as lemon > oil given they're pretty close relatives... but it's supposed to be > a cooking ingredient, I can't imagine it being that toxic. I guess > the most practical thing to do is certainly get some lemon oil.... > but I guess I'm still curious

hydrargyrum · « **Reply #8 on:** August 13, 2009, 11:32:36 AM »

Bill,

I think the compound you refer to is Limonene (found in both orange and lemon oil). From what I can gather from a quick search there is about 17% more limonene in orange oil than lemon oil. So while they appear to be similar in composition, the percentage of each individual compound varies between the two species. You are correct that it makes a good degreaser, sometimes even replacing Xylene in some applications (histology for instance where it is used to dissolve human fat). I am guessing that it wouldn't be radically different than using lemon oil, given that the remainder of both products are a series of organic terpenes and aldehydes whose behavior wouldn't be radically different from limonene, but who wants to gamble with an expensive instrument over a few dollars. Just my thoughts.