[Cdt-l] Alcohol Stove fuel

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I am assuming this is not purell hand sanitizer? Haha

Sounds interesting, would love to hear more when its appropriate!

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On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Matt Signore <mpsignore at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yogi and I received a new gel fuel for testing that is going to be available to the public soon.  It was created over a 20 year period by an SF operative for the DOD.  We will be testing this as an alternative fuel for non pressurized operating alcohol stove users.  This may come in handy for the more remote trail towns.  This soon to be available fuel CAN be shipped (without a HAZMAT tag) and carried on an airplane as well.  If the product is up to par we will put the info out to the masses.
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> On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Jim and_or Ginny Owen <spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Haven't tried it, but you are smart to consider alternatives.  Before we tried to hike the GET, we stopped at several of the towns that are resupply points and found HEET in short supply.  That was not a problem on the CDT, where almost every town seemed to have some sort of auto parts store, but the GET is different.  I think since so much of the area is desert, gas line dryer isn't really a big seller.  If we had continued past Mammoth, we would have been eating cold, since we couldn't find any fuel for the stove.
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> Ginny
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> Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:37:40 -0700
> From: aandgdesinfo at gmail.com
> To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: [Cdt-l] Alcohol Stove fuel
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> I've used an alcohol stove for many years and usually used Yellow HEET as fuel. Rather than buying the individual 12 oz bottles, I was wondering whether the fuel was available in larger containers. I looked on the Home Depot website and found a product called "Klean-Strip 1 gal. Brush Cleaner" which has a sku code 809347 and costs $16.96 for the gallon size. Under the specifications for the product it states that the solvent type is denatured alcohol. Has anyone tried this product in their stove? If this stuff works then it would be a good alternative (and more economical in some locations) to buying the yellow HEET bottles. Also "brush cleaner" may be available in some towns when HEET is not.
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