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The advantage of using smoke is two-fold; smoke is about as thin a film that can be applied and transfer. And smoke works for the male part and the female recipient; no pun intended. Smoke on a top strap shows where it is bearing on the inlet, and it also shows where it is being transferred from the mating part. As it is transferred off the mating barrel hook, and also shows where it is mating on the pin.
I always blow the lamp out after smoking a part, less to breath in. Light with my butane lighter. Sore thumb though.
Very good topic and suggestions.

Prussian blue is a mixture of iron and cyanide.....

Nice idea!

Sometimes good ideas come from places you least expect. On a visit to a precision engineering works in Taiwan my eldest son came across a person in the tool room using a smoke lamp, though the use of the lamp did not come with the usual not so pleasant smell. After a lot of hand gesturers he was shown a bottle but unfortunately the label was in Taiwanese so after the translation surprise surprise what was used in the smoke lamps there was Citronella Lamp and torch oil a product that is extremely common here for keeping those small flying pests at bay in the evenings here, I can really recommend its use in smoke lamps for the smell alone.

Citronella seems like a great idea. A good option might be to keep a low-soot lamp "pilot light" going and then a stick with citronella for smoking.

That way you don't get the sore thumb of constantly relighting the lamp, don't by get the black lung of a constantly burning smoke lamp, and don't get the smell of burning kerosene either.

This would be like the setup Jack Rowe shows on the videos with Larry Potterfield, except exchanging kerosene for "soot-free" lamp oil and citronella.

Try a grill lighter, with the trigger that lights it. Doesn't tire you out nearly as much when lighting the smoke lamp many times.

SRH