[pct-l] Denatured Alcohol Container

[saskia.home@xxxxxxxxxx (Saskia Daru)]

Hi,

We carried our alcohol in a plastic bottle for a while. The screw-top began
to completely be 'melted' away and we were very close to having a serious
leak. We have switched back to metal now.

Saskia

> From: jea21@cornell.edu
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 17:46:42 -0400 (EDT)
> To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: [pct-l] Denatured Alcohol Container
>
> Hi.  My name is Jon Astmann, and I will be giving this hike a try
> on Sunday, May 11.  I'm FIRED UP!  Aren't you?  Anyway, I have a question
> for all you engineer/material
> science types: can I keep my Denatured Alcohol in a coke-type
> bottle?  I figure that if I cook at a high altitude, then descended,
> say,
> 4000 feet, I could dent the bottle before I close it.  But my worry is,
> will the alcohol degrade the plastic and make it pop a leak?  Have a
> great day.
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