Thread: Camellia Oil

Sounds good. I'll try and get some too.

I got some today at 'Food for Less' ($9 and stacked in with the other cooking oils).

Got it home and put some on the sausages and bruscetta before heading to the shed to try it on the tools.

Got a lovely smoky flavour (the tools, that is).

Cheers,
GW

I finally found it in Coles at Dee Why, but I can't remember in which section (doh), suffice to say it was in neither the oil or the health food sections. The normal Camelia oil is $10.25 and the Virgin Camelia Oil is $10.45. For the price difference you would go the better stuff i reckon. Not stating it as being organic the virgin will be first press but the plain stuff may have had chemicals used in the extraction process.

prozac

Couldn't find any in Coles at Camden, but Woolworths had some. Bought two bottles - big mistake. The lovely young thing at the checkout must have banged the two bottles together, and one had very thin glass at the point of impact. Didn't realize there was anything amiss untill I put the bag on my car's front seat. I said to myself "hmmm, that bags got oil in it, I just bought oil, better lift bag, Oh look, it's leaking into the cloth covered front seat" or words that roughly translate to that...

Not such a bargain afterall.....

Chris

...and that's all I've got to say!

Fletty

ps, hi Chris

Hi Fletty,

Thanks. Will send a PM re a return visit to my place soon.

Now what can I do with a roll of oil soaked paper towel - send it to Woolies and hope they spontaneously combust?
Offer a lift to the Woolies Manager who has to sit in the front passenger seat

Chris

Minh phat, asian supermarket in Richmond and near the Vic market in Melbourne has camellia oil for $6.90/500ml

Thanks for the tip Jaspr. love the stuff. Stuck it in an old spray and wipe spray bottle and tied a rag around it and spray it on everything.

Originally Posted by banksiaman

The lovely young thing at the checkout must have banged the two bottles together,
Didn't realize there was anything amiss untill I put the bag on my car's front seat.
Not such a bargain afterall.....

Chris

Now if you'd been paying attention instead of noticing the "lovely young thing".....
lucky your missus doesn't read these posts or you'd get a backhander as well.

Originally Posted by jaspr

Some information for those of you who use camellia oil on their hand tools - and who lament the high cost of it.

I just found some in Coles - "Phase 5" 100% camellia tea oil. It sells for $10.25 for 500 ml, as opposed to $15-20 per 240 mls from Carbatec, Lie- Nielsen and others. It looks, feels and smells just like the variety I use.

According to wikipedia -"Tea seed oil (also known as tea oil or camellia oil) is an edible, pale amber-green fixed oil with a sweet, herbal aroma."

Fixed oil is just one that is plant or animal in origin and is a fatty oil, as opposed to the volatile essential oils.

I did some web searching to find out more about it and found a reference on the Axminster site (UK tool seller) that says their camellia oil has an admix of light machine oil. But I have always thought that the Japanese used it straight!

For those who don't know, as well as its use for tools, it also been used:

• in paints,
• by the Chinese for cooking (because of its high smoke point),
• in food - as a good source of omega-9 and vitamin E
• in hair oils - apparently promoting hair growth,
• in cosmetics, and
• in anti-ageing creams.

So now you can afoord to throw it around a bit - just rub the excess into your skin - or scalp - or, whatever. (Unless you are using the Axminster brand!)

Been using it for quite a while ,thought all you blokes would have been aware of it being available in super a markets .
It works ok and dosn't became a sticky goo.
I use it on all my tools and bandsaw table.

Hi Guys

Has anyone tried it as a finish for wood , I would be interested to know the results , I was thinking of using it on a butchers Block I'm building

Regards
Glenn

Originally Posted by Caliban

Now if you'd been paying attention instead of noticing the "lovely young thing".....
lucky your missus doesn't read these posts or you'd get a backhander as well.

It's my missus that tells me everyone is younger and lovelier that me - I suppose I would have to agree....

Chris

Ian,

Thanks for the info on Min Phat. Wife goes to Vic Market each week and so I now have one bottle camellia oil to experiment with. Price was $6.90.


Jerry


Everyone is entitled to my opinion.

I mix mine 50/50 with sewing machine oil and I'm finding that a pretty sweet mix.

Cheers,
GW