Mineral Oil & Spirits

Mineral spirits are a type of chemical substance that is a liquid hydrocarbon solvent mixture of aliphatic and alicyclic petroleum-based compounds. Mineral spirits are used as a key ingredient in paint and varnish products used to coat metal surfaces to prevent corrosion.

Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, as distinct from usually edible vegetable oils. ... Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products.

Mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes from a mineral source, particularly a distillate of petroleum, as distinct from usually edible vegetable oils. ... Most often, mineral oil is a liquid by-product of refining crude oil to make gasoline and other petroleum products.