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Post #531691 by FredJoy on Sat, May 22, 2010 9:12 AM

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Greetings all,

I have come across a 5 gallon pail of ~95% Citronella oil. I would like to use this in my tiki torches, but for the life of me I have been unable to find a ratio for mixing with either kerosene or Paraffin oil. As I am a chemist by trade, the mixing would be easy ... I just need a recipe.

So ...

  1. Does anyone have experience with this?
  2. And if so, what has there experience been?
  3. Has anyone varied the ratio and experienced different results ... for example, while I love the torches burning, my primary concern is mosquito protection ... as I and half of my family are O+ ... we are natural attractors.

Thanks in advance for any insights you can provide.

Fred

[ Edited by: Aaron's Akua - Moved to General Tiki - 2010-05-22 12:45 ]