Question on Liquid Paraffin vs Kerosene and an obseravation. - Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate2024-03-28T16:37:19Zhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/forum/topics/question-on-liquid-paraffin-vs-kerosene-and-an-obseravation?feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt is far easier to be accura…tag:oozinggoo.ning.com,2022-02-26:1566398:Comment:8574592022-02-26T02:08:07.028Ztimhttps://oozinggoo.ning.com/profile/tim547
<p>It is far easier to be accurate with weight than with volume which is why it is used (same reason professional bakers weigh their flour).</p>
<p>if you know the density of your ingredient you can calculate the volume relatively easily, and until literally yesterday when I bought a digital scale (yet to use it however) i did all my measurements by volume. of course I can't say that this method worked particularly well considering i've attempted to make a lava lamp like 10 times and only one…</p>
<p>It is far easier to be accurate with weight than with volume which is why it is used (same reason professional bakers weigh their flour).</p>
<p>if you know the density of your ingredient you can calculate the volume relatively easily, and until literally yesterday when I bought a digital scale (yet to use it however) i did all my measurements by volume. of course I can't say that this method worked particularly well considering i've attempted to make a lava lamp like 10 times and only one of them came even remotely close to flowing properly (this is the reason i bought the scale hahaha, we shall see how much it helps as soon as i find another bottle to make another lamp).</p>
<p>as for the liquid paraffin, i assume they are referring to the us definition because some of these recipes call for actual kerosene in addition to liquid paraffin. i have been using mineral oil and it seems to work quite well.</p>