[at-l] Rank of fuels for alcohol stoves

[Marsha]

AND you can relight them, the newer ones don't smell as much, they're 1/2 
ounce each......and they're cheap.......
<yawn> I can go on if you'd like......
:))

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <pudscrawler at aol.com>
To: <sloetoe at yahoo.com>; <mvhudson at gmail.com>; <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2006 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Rank of fuels for alcohol stoves


> Gee!  It surely is easier to carry Esbit tablets, no matter how much they 
> smell.  And they can't spill all over your stuff.
>
> Kinnickinic
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sloetoe at yahoo.com
> To: mvhudson at gmail.com; at-l at backcountry.net
> Sent: Tue, 5 Sep 2006 1:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Rank of fuels for alcohol stoves
>
>
> --- Mark Hudson <mvhudson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Here are some candidate fuels, not meant to be an
>> exhaustive (pun intended)
>> list:
>>
>> Denatured Alcohol
>> Isopropyl Alcohol
>> Heet (Yellow bottle)
>> Heet (Red bottle)
>> Gas line antifreeze (variety of makers?)
>
> ### No testing is required to answer the question of
> whether a automotive product will work as a stove
> fuel. Simply read the poison response portion of the
> label.
>
> *** If the label says "Caution, contains Methyl
> Alcohol, ..." then it's good for stoves.
>
> *** If the label says "Caution, contains petroleum
> distillates..." then put it back on the shelf, or you
> will blow up your alcohol stove.
>
> *** It does not matter what the product is called --
> whether gas line antifreeze, injector cleaner,
> gasoline treatment, or whatever -- or whether they're
> in blue, black, clear (with food coloring, how cheap),
> red, or yellow -- you should always read the poison
> control label before you buy. They are either a
> methanol or petroleum based product, never both, and
> the label will tell the tale.
>
> don'tburndowntoe
>
> Spatior! Nitor! Nitor! Tempero!
>   Pro Pondera Et Meliora.
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