At 05:16 PM 3/5/00 -0800, Dave Kruger wrote: >[Re: Trangia stove:] > >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?> Technically speaking, probably the best bet would be to go to some place like West Marine and get stove alcohol. Paint store alcohol works well, too -- but I use so little, and the drug store is so convenient, I spend the extra couple bucks and don't complain. -- Wes *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 06 2000 - 05:59:21 PST
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