[at-l] Rank of fuels for alcohol stoves

[Mark Hudson]

Maybe, but if you pack the right alcohol you can drink it, and I'm sure you
don't want to eat your Esbit! <g>

On 9/5/06, pudscrawler at aol.com <pudscrawler at aol.com> wrote:
>
> 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 <mvhudson%40gmail.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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