RE: [pct-l] alcohol stove fuel

["Eric Lee (RAT)" <elee@MICROSOFT.com>]

hikerrob wrote:
>
i just built my new cat can stove and was wondering what the best kind of
fuel was for it.
>

The best fuel is denatured alcohol, sold by the quart or gallon at most
hardware stores in the paint section (used as a cleanup solvent).

Rubbing alcohol doesn't work so good because it's got a lot of water in it,
but in a pinch, you can use it.  Another alternative is alcohol-based
gasoline dryer (HEET, etc.), though I'm leary of that myself because I don't
know what other sorts of chemicals might be in it.  I suppose Everclear
would work in an emergency, but I've never tried it.

Eric
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