In uk.rec.gardening john.west wrote:
: In trying to deal a death blow to Japanese Knotweed in the garden, i
: have bought an old paraffin blow torch.
: The leather washer of the pump is very dried out and no longer a good seal.
: To moisten it, to expand the piston leather; am i better using paraffin
: or dubbin or would it be kinder to the leather to use a vegetable oil
: like walnut oil? Thanks.

These people http://www.base-camp.co.uk/ might be able to supply a
new leather washer. They did for the Veritas blowlamp I have.


Tom.

Ps. The email address in the header is just a spam-trap.
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Tom Crane, Dept. Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill,
Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, England.
Email: T dot Crane at rhul dot ac dot uk