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Title: oil's
Post by: Bootlegger on December 31, 2013, 02:06:07 PM

 Fellow's where are y'all getting your castor and klotz oil to add to your fuel?  I priced some today and it was close to 75.00 for one gallon of each. Talk about "sticker shock" WOW.. Can any one help?

 Thanks, and Happy New year
Title: Re: oil's
Post by: Perry Rose on December 31, 2013, 02:09:46 PM
Castor oil is available from Sig. $23.00/gallon. Fox no longer carries it. Sig has synthetic also.
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Post by: David Hoover on December 31, 2013, 02:10:38 PM
Try a motorcycle shop.  You should be able to get both in quarts there.
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Post by: Howard Rush on December 31, 2013, 02:16:29 PM
McMaster-Carr has castor oil.  It works if Sig's out.
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Post by: Garf on December 31, 2013, 03:11:38 PM
Where is a good place to find Klotz by the gallon. Not many places stock it.
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Post by: Steve Helmick on December 31, 2013, 04:10:58 PM
Go-Kart shops...or Tower Hobby.  H^^ Steve
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Post by: Dick Pacini on December 31, 2013, 05:41:04 PM
Oil's what?
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Post by: Wayne J. Buran on December 31, 2013, 05:53:10 PM
Brodak stocks Klotz and Castor quarts.
Wayne
Title: Re: oil's
Post by: Howard Rush on December 31, 2013, 06:28:42 PM
Last time I needed synthetic oil, I got Ucon LB-625 from Randy Ritch. It was about $20 per gallon, but cost an arm and a leg to ship.  You are handy to his place, so it may not cost you much.  You can add your own dye if you want Klotz. 
Title: Re: oil's
Post by: Randy Cuberly on December 31, 2013, 07:48:45 PM
Quote from: Garf on December 31, 2013, 03:11:38 PM
Where is a good place to find Klotz by the gallon. Not many places stock it.

SIG is the only place I found Klotz in Gallons.  The oil is reasonable the stinkin' shipping is not...haz mat charges are outrageous.

Randy Cuberly
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Post by: Jim Kraft on December 31, 2013, 08:05:36 PM
I agree on the hazmat charges. They are going to ruin buying anything you have to have shipped anymore. I just got rwo quarts of dope from Wicks aircraft, and the charge to get it here was $19.75. Of course, at the price of gas it costs about the same to buy it locally which is about 40 miles away.
Title: Re: oil's
Post by: Dave_Trible on December 31, 2013, 08:56:48 PM
Jim I've been getting gallons of dope and retarder from Aircraft Spruce via UPS- no hazmat.   Castor in pints from Sig- no hazmat. 

Dave
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Post by: Gordon Tarbell on January 01, 2014, 08:27:02 AM
What state is Randy Rich in ? I was buying cases direct from Klotz but would like to cut down on Hazmat and shipping if possible.
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Post by: john e. holliday on January 01, 2014, 09:02:19 AM
As I've seen in ads in various places there is no hazmat on quart sizes of oil, fuel or other things  the PC patrol does not like.   Really check around and find a good motorcycle shop that also does racing.  Also there are the automobile racing shops/garages. 
Title: Re: oil's
Post by: Jim Kraft on January 01, 2014, 10:24:32 AM
Hey Dave, now that I think about it it might not have been hazmat charge. The only thing I got was an invoice that showed $19.75 shipping charges. I checked with Spruce Specialty, and it was $15.10. Seems like an awful lot for just shipping. It probably would not be much more if I got it in gallons, but I don't use that much anymore.