Draft page for the Oil Testing Kit. ###Photo walkthrough [![IMG_0868.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/226/medium/IMG_0868.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/226/original/IMG_0868.JPG) [![IMG_0869.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/229/medium/IMG_0869.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/229/original/IMG_0869.JPG) [![IMG_0871.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/231/medium/IMG_0871.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/231/original/IMG_0871.JPG) [![IMG_0872.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/227/medium/IMG_0872.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/227/original/IMG_0872.JPG) [![IMG_0878.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/228/medium/IMG_0878.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/228/original/IMG_0878.JPG) [![IMG_0884.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/230/medium/IMG_0884.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/230/original/IMG_0884.JPG) [![IMG_0886.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/233/medium/IMG_0886.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/233/original/IMG_0886.JPG) [![IMG_0887.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/232/medium/IMG_0887.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/232/original/IMG_0887.JPG) [![IMG_0889.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/234/medium/IMG_0889.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/234/original/IMG_0889.JPG) [![IMG_0890.JPG](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/235/medium/IMG_0890.JPG)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/235/original/IMG_0890.JPG) ##Illustrations For the illustrated guide: [![laser-it.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/156/medium/laser-it.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/156/original/laser-it.jpg) [![perpendicular-view.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/155/medium/perpendicular-view.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/155/original/perpendicular-view.jpg) [![tea-colored.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/154/medium/tea-colored.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/154/original/tea-colored.jpg) [![jars-laser-spec.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/153/medium/jars-laser-spec.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/153/original/jars-laser-spec.jpg) [![pre-fill-oil.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/152/medium/pre-fill-oil.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/152/original/pre-fill-oil.jpg) [![jars.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/151/medium/jars.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/151/original/jars.jpg) [![dissolving.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/150/medium/dissolving.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/150/original/dissolving.jpg) [![in-box.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/149/medium/in-box.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/149/original/in-box.jpg) [![diagrammatic.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/148/medium/diagrammatic.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/148/original/diagrammatic.jpg) [![in-box-2.jpg](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/147/medium/in-box-2.jpg)](https://i.publiclab.org/system/images/photos/000/003/147/original/in-box-2.jpg) Related link to spectral challenge draft graphics: https://github.com/jywarren/spectralchallenge/issues/4 ###Parts list * Possible upgrade: nail polish bottles, with built-in bottlecap-swabs. An all-in-one, one-use pre-filled with mineral oil! Maybe you break off the swab and throw it away, or maybe it doesn't matter. * http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/nail-polish-bottles_862081740.html?s=p * http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/10ml-empty-square-nail-polish-bottle_1042482910.html?s=p * http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/0-4oz-Art-Nail-Polish-Bottle_674230480.html * 5oz mineral oil (baby oil -- the added fragrance doesn't fluoresce): $3 - http://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Baby-Oil-Kids-Ounce/dp/B000GCJM06/ * an eyedropper: $0.05 0 http://www.sciplus.com/p/CAP-WDROPPER_39038 * a 405nm blue/violet laser pen: $3 http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/700677050/well_tested_405_nm_blue_laser.html, or http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/350812684726?lpid=82 to buy just one cuvettes * 4 flat-sided jars: $0.35 each - http://www.sciplus.com/p/WHITCAP-BOTTLE_48212 * cotton swabs: $0.10 * olive oil test sample: $0.17 * paper instructions (yet to be made) ###Draft instructions The basic instructions will be something like: * Put on latex or nitrile gloves * Wet a cotton swab with mineral oil * Rub it on the sample -- a suspected tarball or lump of oily residue -- until it gets brownish (it could take a little while for it to dissolve) * Dip the dirty swab (that's like a pirate insult... :-P) in one of the square bottles which has been filled 2/3 with mineral oil, and repeatedly and gently dunk it until the brown stuff dissolves and "taints" the mineral oil. * Keep dunking until it looks like a very very weak tea -- so you can see the coloration. We need to come up with a standard way to determine how dark... maybe a printed comparison strip? * Cap the square jar and throw away the cotton swab (bag it if it's really gross). * Throw away the gloves and wash your hands Then, inside your spectrometer box (to reduce stray light and to protect your eyes from the laser light): * Without looking at the laser light directly (**it's bad for your eyes!!!**), shine the laser through a hole in your box, so the laser shines through your jar perpendicular to the spectrometer opening. We'll illustrate this better but look at the Parts & Crafts note above. * Move the laser up and down until you see both the bright laser peak on your SpectralWorkbench.org graph, as well as the broader range of colors that are the fluorescence.