Wes Boyd wrote: [Re: Trangia stove:] > There's no fuel tank, just a burner that you fill with each use. I use 190 > proof denatured alcohol that I get at the drug store. I figure that if it's > in your gear, labeled as such, if anyone asks it's rubbing alcohol, which > it is. No, rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol. Denatured alcohol is ethyl alchol with additives so it is undrinkable. I would not expect isopropyl alcohol to burn as well in a Trangia. > BTW, if you get a Trangia, use the best alcohol you can get. The good > denatured stuff is fine. Avoid the cheaper isopropyl alcohol; it blackens > pots badly. The drug store stuff is a little on the expensive side, but I > don't use a lot -- a little over a pint for a week on Isle Royale last year. Wes, have you tried hardware stores for denatured alcohol? Lab grade stuff is in the vicinity of $20/gallon, so hardware store grades should be half of that, and should burn well enough in a Trangia. In Oregon, we can buy 190 proof grain alcohol for about 8-10 dollars a fifth. Nice if you use it for fuel, because when life is boring, you can make margaritas with the stove fuel! <g> <do not try this -- am kidding?> -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR chemist *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Mar 05 2000 - 17:12:59 PST
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