Re: [pct-l] alcohol stove fuel

[john koch <ironlegs@pacbell.net>]

another souce for alcohol fuel for stoves is your local marine store.
they carry a brand of alcohol fuel (which i have used) called "soot free
stove fuel". it works really well. i get mine at west marine. 

"Eric Lee (RAT)" wrote:
> 
> 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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