How to Set Up and Use an Oil Lamp

How to set up and your oil lamp-easy, peasy. If you just purchased or have oil lamps already-take them out clean them up and get them ready for use or if you just purchased oil lamps-don't leave them in the box-take them out, read the literature that came with the lamp and set it up and use the lamp. I consider this another skill set to have in your arsenal.
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[@carolynmoody9460]

If you put a piece of flannel in the base with your oil it will also burn cleaner plus adds color to your lamp..I come from Amish background an it's a trick they use

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks carolyn! Don't have any old flannel but may hit up a thrift store next week.

[@roseskyschmolesky]

What does the flannel do ?

[@sunnymagnuson1809]

Thank you ill try anything

[@Glasher1]

Also, as with any wick, as the fluid burns and the fluid level goes down, the flame will as well. So keep the lamps above half full. I always look for lamps with a squat resivoir.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks for the tips! appreciate it!

[@miiigoreng]

Cotton ropes from a mop works well. Without a jar, any oil receptacle can be improvised with wicks cut & teased from facial cotton. Canola oil has been effective

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks for the information and tips.

[@carolynmoody9460]

good information for new people not accustomed a to oil lamps..you are doing a great job on your video content 😊 Blessings 👍

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thank you so much carolyn🤗. Little bit of everything.

[@quinntheeskimooutdoors6234]

Thanks for showing us, take care.

[@patrickernst6355]

With our GREEDY electric co's, seriously thinking about one of these. Thanks.

[@mstanley97]

Thank you! I'm prepping for winter And doing research!!

[@SoWhyDontYou]

great-I have these, LED lights and even candles. solar doesn't always work in upstate NY so I rely indifferent backups

[@toddbevan]

Perfectly explained oil lamps for me. Thanks! One question though, what happens if you lower the lit wick too low? Would it fall into the fuel?. Is this a huge risk of explosion, or would it just extinguish?

[@SoWhyDontYou]

It will just extinguish. Thanks Todd!

[@toddbevan]

@@SoWhyDontYou I guessed it would, but thought I would ask. Thanks!

[@ozgal606]

Thank you, bought myself some lamps and haven't used them before so this helps.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Your welcome- easier to get them set up before you lose power. Thanks Mehere Too!

[@smilingsam50]

FYI I found my small wicks in the camping section in Walmart. Thank you for the video.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks Smiling Sam! I'll pick some up next time I. go!

[@Lisaairbnb]

Glad you made this video. I just bought 4 from Amazon with oil n extra wick. Now watching video lol

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Hi lisa, nice! you are set! They are nice to have on hand. Let me know how you like them.

[@tamandaflynn6090]

Ive read that lamp oil is purified, so better than kerosene.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

definitely-thanks

[@TyraC-vg7di]

Thank you for the informative video. I’ve always been curious about how to use oil lamps.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Hi Tyra, my mom always had them growing up. and I still have one of hers. Thanks Tyra!

[@snapcracklefizzle9954]

Can you use oilve oil oor canola my golden globe keeps gong out. I have sbout 3/4, filled with oil . Those look beautiful. Do you meed that. Omg i want so bad!!

[@Love888G]

what size wicks are those ace hardware for oil lamp

[@donnasensinger8899]

Tractor supply has clean heat fuel for 13.00 a gallon. The cheapest I have found

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks-I'll pick some up when I can thank you for this Donna!

[@DisabledandPrepping]

I now have 4 oil lamps that I bought on Facebook marketplace. At least two of them are antique. I just got one gallon of lamp oil in and enough wick for I think one lamp. All for my lamps have good wicks in them except for the used kerosene and I'm using lamp oil so I was told that I had to replace the wicks.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Great find on Facebook marketplace! Oh-I. didn't know. you had to change the wick when switching between from kerosene to lamp oil. Thanks for this!

[@DisabledandPrepping]

@@SoWhyDontYou that's what I was told I don't know why you have to do it but that's what a friend told me that uses oil lamps all the time.

[@jazzman1626]

I got 4Ltr. of Paraffin from a local shop and it was cheaper than from Amazon even though the Amazon price was free postage. It is the same brand too, Bartoline Premium. I’d rather buy locally anyway, especially in these terrible times for businesses.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Great point! Thanks for sharing!

[@ELIZABETH-lh9dz]

I purchased an old oil lamp from a thrift store. Do you suggest I wash it before refilling, or does it not matter? There is no visible oil in the lamp just the old wick.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

clean it up and get a new wick

[@crazysquirrel9425]

Sew in some copper speaker wire strands in the wick. Heats the oil a bit and that makes for a more efficient burn. The process is called thermal feedback. It is the vapors that burn not the oil itself.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Oh cool. Thanks for this tip.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@SoWhyDontYou If you want a permanent wick, get some carbon felt and cut to size but 1/2" longer than the old new one. Sew in some copper wire. Carbon felt does not burn like a cotton wick does. It does not require trimming. It can outlast your great great great grandchildren. With cotton wicks, after you trim them for a while, eventually they will be above the level of the oil in the lamp and you cannot use the lamp without constantly topping it off. With the carbon felt, no trimming. Wick will always be in the oil and you can even burn the lamp dry without a problem. Pretty much with a carbon felt wick, once you light it and get the flame set up, you no longer have to adjust it. Just blow it out like a candle! No fooling with the wick adjuster. Set it and forget it. Depending on the temperature you expect to use the lamp in and the type of oil used will determine how many strands of copper wire you would sew in. That will be trial and error unfortunately.

[@SoWhyDontYou]

@@crazysquirrel9425 thank you

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@SoWhyDontYou You are very welcome. Gas prices shot up 50 cents a gallon today. Things will either become unavailable or highly priced. Including oil lamp wicks.

[@crazysquirrel9425]

@@SoWhyDontYou You can make wicks out of MEN'S jeans, not women's jeans (usually). Reason: Men's jeans do not usually have synthetics in the material but women's jeans typically do - makes jeans more stretchy, softer, better form fitting, etc. Best material is carbon felt. Next best might be a 100% cotton T-Shirt.

[@vernonbowling5310]

I have discovered by adding a small amount of 91% Isopropyl alcohol it nearly defumes the lamp oil, I had to go this route when klean-heat became impossible to find.

[@snapcracklefizzle9954]

My store didnt have lamp oil

[@BradfordHomestead]

Set in front of a mirror and you’ll have even more light!

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Great tip Bradford Home!

[@sunnymagnuson1809]

My small oil lamp i use for the sent of the oil always causes my smoke alarm to activate. Any ideas?

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Make sure the wick is short and trim it

[@bestamerica]

' i have a good blue oil lamp in my home plus smell good from oil... only power line turning OFF... or pleasure night time

[@mstanley97]

How long will 1 fill of oil last?

[@SoWhyDontYou]

I don't know as I haven't let it run until dry/empty. I may do this when I get back to NY in November. Thanks

[@MrPanchoak]

Kerosene is coal oil. So is lamp oil. They are the same thing. Some so called lamp oil has been perfumed, and sometimes it has been further refined. But kerosene is just a minimally refined coal oil. Jet fuel, diesel etc is NOT coal oil. It doesn't burn the same, it is useable in certain instances, but it is not directly interchangeable with coal oil. DONT try to burn jet fuel or diesel in a lamp it is too heavy, and it will smoke up your chimneys even break them. Heavier fuels do sometimes work in heaters. But don't do it in your house. I use diesel in my machine shop during the winter. I don't like it. But it works. Completely and entirely unacceptable in the house.

[@Maxumized]

Sir, kerosene is not coal oil anymore…it used to. Jet fuel, kerosene and diesel are all petroleum oils.

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

you got your lamps backwards. lamplight is ace hardware. flouro-whatever is the Walmart brand. Walmart does carry the kerosene in the camping aisle. it's on the shelf near the freeze-dried food and survival tools

[@SoWhyDontYou]

sorry. thanks

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

@@SoWhyDontYou and a heads up about the Walmart stansport hurricane lamps, they're cheaply made and leak pretty profusely. reading comments on the Walmart site, everyone had the same complaints. they're best kept as novelty display. unless you can manage to seal it without that also leaking and looking like a horrible mess. to that I must say good luck 🤞 🍀

[@SoWhyDontYou]

@@SirBedevereTheWise thanks for this-so far no leaks

[@SirBedevereTheWise]

@@SoWhyDontYou my red lamp leaked immediately. my black lamp stated leaking, or at least I noticed it started leaking, about 2 weeks after I bought it

[@SoWhyDontYou]

@@SirBedevereTheWise oh that is awful bring them back. I'm thinking of getting older ones

[@girlinthesouth850]

Can someone tell me how much lamp oil you would have to use if you burned them every night?

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Oh that is a good question-I may have to do that-I'm going down to the property camping on Monday-I'll. bring lamp with me and use it.

[@girlinthesouth850]

@@SoWhyDontYou thanks!

[@tylersimpkins8186]

You got walmart and ace mixed up

[@SoWhyDontYou]

oops-thanks for pointing it out.

[@josephstorey5625]

You got your lamps mixed up the smaller one is ace hardware I just bought 2

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Thanks Joseph

[@Walkercolt1]

No thanks. I'll use my late Mother's Aladdin's Magic Lamp and 1/25th the oil for 300 watts of incandescent (4200 lumens) of illumination. Her's has an adjustable air shutter (which current US models DON'T have) which allows it to use lower grades of kerosene and not fume or smoke or carbon the edge of the wick. One font of oil (about a pint,15 US ounces) lasts 90-120 hours, depending on the grade of oil. Cheap kerosene lasts longer than bottled "lamp oil", but it's harder to find. My wick is from about 1945 and I have two new ones in boxes and I'm 69. I have two 5 gallon cans of 5 cent a gallon kerosene, so I'm good for a while. I got the kerosene when I was a pump jockey back in '70 or '71. The Lamp was her 7th birthday present from Chicago Mail Order Co. (Spiegel and Co.) in 1935. It's not a fancy one, just clear glass font and nickel plated burner and air shutter. I added a shade support and white Pyrex shade ($129).

[@SoWhyDontYou]

Nice. Glad you can use your mothers.

[@icewebhomestead]

I have read to keep a window cracked when using them due to them using up twice as much oxygen as we do and producing allot of carbon dioxide. My question is how did people use them before electricity was made at night.