Just read through this thread again... I want a better oiling method... it seems like the people who rave about this method are using it on china clays. Several people with clays are reporting splotchiness... though they may have used a bad ratio. The originator of the thread most recently is describing the dab of oil on a rag method.
So what gives? Has anyone had success using this oil/water method on freshly cleaned Paulsons?
While were at it... here's my current method. Get a barrel of chips. Put one dab of oil on a rag... finger in the rag, covering the opening of the bottle... rock it over to get some on the rag. Then one at a time, put a dab of oil on each chip from the barrel... right on the face. Lay them out in a line. When you get to the 20th chip, wipe both sides of the chip completely. Now work backwards up the line and wipe the oil into both sides of each chip. Once done with the barrel, stack it as a barrel and rub the rolling edge. Next I lay all the chips out on a towel. After that, get a new dab of oil and another barrel of chips... repeat.
With this method, I find that there is very little "removal of excess oil". By the time you get to the last chips, you are almost scrubbing the oil into the chip. The reason for dabbing oil on the chips first is to distribute the oil across all of the chips... somewhat evenly... then go back and rub it in. What I found when I just got a dab and started oiling chips is the first 5 got too much oil, and then eventually it was good. Then I had to go back and "remove excess."
Again... I would love an easier method... that is consistently good. Using the ultrasonic cleaner... I can clean 500 chips in less than an hour... but my current oiling method takes about an hour to oil 100 chips.