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Post by rebeccad on Apr 2, 2016 12:35:28 GMT -8
HEET has a slight edge with availability at all-night gas stations in the middle of nowhere. I have to say that I could not find it or a matching product in such a gas station in British Columbia. All of the products there had petroleum products. Another option is to distill hand sanitizer--I found instructions for that on line (after our rather nasty experience of burning a blend of product that included some petrol). |
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Post by tallgrass on May 5, 2016 19:21:15 GMT -8
Isn't HEET just methanol, or mostly methanol?
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Post by rebeccad on May 5, 2016 20:20:54 GMT -8
Isn't HEET just methanol, or mostly methanol? I believe so. As is the denatured alcohol at the hardware store, which costs much less. |
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Post by BigLoad on May 6, 2016 12:16:04 GMT -8
Isn't HEET just methanol, or mostly methanol? Yellow Heet is methanol (the right stuff). Red Heet is isopropanol (the wrong stuff). |
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Post by tallgrass on May 6, 2016 20:59:14 GMT -8
Isn't HEET just methanol, or mostly methanol? I believe so. As is the denatured alcohol at the hardware store, which costs much less. Denatured alcohol is generally ethanol, denatured with some methanol to make it non-consumable. Pure methanol is not really safe stuff to be around (fumes are bad) |
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Post by rebeccad on May 7, 2016 7:19:50 GMT -8
Pure methanol is not really safe stuff to be around (fumes are bad) Which might explain why the fumes from the alky stove can be pretty noxious? I do try not to hang over that thing! (of course, it's not clear that it's a whole lot better to be breathing the fumes from a gas stove). |
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Post by wgiles on May 14, 2016 6:11:39 GMT -8
The combustion products from Methanol, when burned properly, are no worse than any other clean burning fuel. Methanol itself is toxic when ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. A little exposure to it is not terribly harmful, but it's a good idea not to spill it on your skin. I prefer Denatured Alcohol, but Yellow HEET comes in a convenient size. I used it in alcohol lamps when I was a kid before the Methanol phobia took hold and it was still sold in drug stores.
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Post by BigLoad on May 14, 2016 8:35:06 GMT -8
It's worth keeping in mind that while their caps appear quite reliable, Heet bottles don't cope well with large changes in atmospheric pressure. One day I hiked up about 4,000 feet from the elevation I bought the Heet, and it sprayed the inside of my pack. It wasn't a big loss of fuel, but my clothes didn't really need to smell like Heet. Since then, I always transfer it to something like a Gatorade bottle. When sufficiently tightened, the surface area of the engaged threads provides more static friction than the pressure can overcome.
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Post by franco on May 14, 2016 23:37:03 GMT -8
Everclear 190 has about 5% water content, the 151 version has around 25% water content.
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