this is how i do petroleum jell socked cotton balls
Channel: Plymouth Fenns
Date: 2018-03-31

this is how i do petroleum jell socked cotton balls 

information on petroleum jelly 

Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, white petrolatum, soft paraffin/paraffin wax or multi-hydrocarbon, 
CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), 
originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties.


What is the difference between Vaseline and petroleum jelly?
Ultimately, the only main difference between Vaseline and petroleum jelly is that Vaseline is made up of pure 
petroleum jelly which contain minerals and microcrystalline wax so it is smoother, 
while petroleum jelly is made up of a partial solid mix of hydrocarbons that comes from mines.


the history of petroleum jell and vaseline 

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What is Petroleum Jelly?
The history of Vaseline® Jelly starts in 1859, when Robert Chesebrough travelled to Titusville, a small town in Pennsylvania. That’s where oil workers had been using rod wax, an unrefined form of petroleum jelly – then just a simple by-product of the drilling they were working on – to heal wounded or burnt skin.



Curious about its healing benefits, young chemist Robert Chesebrough began to study the substance then known as ‘rod wax’. Through various processes of refinement and purification, he distilled a lighter and transparent gel, which he then patented in 1865 and is the Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly we know today. 

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What is Vaseline® Jelly?
When people talk about petroleum jelly, they’re usually referring to Vaseline® Petroleum Jelly – the product originally refined by Chesebrough. 



It was originally called ‘Wonder Jelly’, and Chesebrough decided to rebrand the product as Vaseline® Jelly –
 a combination of the German word for water (wasser) and the Greek word for oil (oleon). 
And so in 1872 the brand Vaseline® Jelly was born. 

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