csugg@mindspring.com wrote:
> Could this stuff be "Vaseline Petroleum Jelly"?
Any chemists out there? A quick search at ask jeeves didn't get any good results.
This from encyclopedia.com:
Obtained from petroleum during refining, it is used in candles, for coating paper, and for various other purposes.
And from webster.com:
used chiefly in coating and sealing, in candles, in rubber compounding, and in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics
Not sure what makes paraffin /different/ from other waxes. But, it does sound like an appropriate thing to use on hoods...
Mike "On the rollers tonite" Wilkinson Parker, CO