What do you do when the squirrels start chasing you down the road ~ You can't

outrun them ~ 

                                                        ORR ~ DeanB

On 27 Jun , 2014, at 8:31 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

> Not to highjack your thread...adding something to it........
> Another organic oil that has uses on our Vanagons is Peanut Oil.   I use it
> on the exhaust system of my van, should probably do about once a month, but
> I do it when I have the van inside for some other work...It helps with
> rusting of the mild steel exhaust...
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> I've done this before, but not with as much effect as today. That is using
>> mineral oil on the dash and other plastic bits. I found an old bottle of
>> heavy mineral oil ( USP, laxative) and applied it fairly generously to the
>> dash. Let it sit a spell then buffed off. Did a nice job. But what really
>> pleased me was how it restored the chalky door handles and handbrake cover.
>> I have the self destructing brown plastic in my van and nothing I have used
>> on it before has been quite as good as the mineral oil.
>> 
>> 
>> Alistair
>>