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wilf123
08-07-2009, 03:51 PM
has anyone on here tried or made a still for alcohol to burn in the pepsi can stove
crashdive123
08-07-2009, 04:07 PM
I don't know about burning it, but there are a few that made it for drinking.
wilf123
08-07-2009, 06:09 PM
just wondering i cant get any denatured alcohol over here in the uk no seems to have heard of it ,others say its metholated spirits but im not sure of that,so i was thinking of making a still to make my own fuel.
crashdive123
08-07-2009, 06:13 PM
Can you get isopropyl alcohol? Drug stores or pharmacies around here carry it. The 70% alcohol content will work, but the 90% alcohol content IMO works better.
Bibow
08-07-2009, 06:29 PM
How about HEET the stuff that you put in the fuel tank of your car.
Ole WV Coot
08-08-2009, 12:44 AM
How about the high octane stuff we make to drink? Personally I would consider it an insult to waste it. Surely you can go to a pharmacy and buy a few bottles, not great but it works. Even most after shave in an emergency will work. I have seen men get wasted on it so it should burn.
wilf123
08-08-2009, 03:39 AM
tried aftershave it works but stinks the tent out
hunter63
08-08-2009, 11:56 AM
How about the high octane stuff we make to drink? Personally I would consider it an insult to waste it. Surely you can go to a pharmacy and buy a few bottles, not great but it works. Even most after shave in an emergency will work. I have seen men get wasted on it so it should burn.

I agree, although there are some brands out there that I have tried that would have been better burned.
Maybe a cheap vodka?

A simple still can be made, from parts of a cheap chemistry set, but if your talking about making any amount, the cost size, energy used to make it, would be prohibitive. (IMHO, this would be entirely up to you, of course)
Also there may be problems with "officials"?

Anyway, my point is that maybe a alternate cooking/heating set-up would be in order?

P.S. fiund this from a old issue of Mother Earth News:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1980-07-01/Make-Simple-Low-Cost-Backyard-Stills.aspx
Fletcher
08-08-2009, 08:05 PM
has anyone on here tried or made a still for alcohol to burn in the pepsi can stove

Blasphemey!!!!
Mountain Man
08-08-2009, 08:11 PM
Can you get Ethanol?

Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug, best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages and in modern thermometers. Ethanol is one of the oldest recreational drugs. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits.

Everclear 151 Grain Alcohol works too.
hunter63
08-08-2009, 09:05 PM
Can you get Ethanol?


Everclear 151 Grain Alcohol works too.

Also the main ingredient in "Cold apple pie", came fire drink, 'course y'all know that.
crashdive123
08-08-2009, 09:12 PM
Also the main ingredient in "Cold apple pie", came fire drink, 'course y'all know that.

Yep. FVR taught us that. :)
wilf123
08-09-2009, 09:35 AM
i only want to make a 500ml bottle to go camping with for a weekend got to try all my kit for my adt hike later on this year
2dumb2kwit
08-09-2009, 10:05 AM
How about the high octane stuff we make to drink? Personally I would consider it an insult to waste it.

Yeah...I'd call it "alcohol abuse"!!!:innocent: LOL
wilf123
08-09-2009, 10:09 AM
i dont mind abusing alcohol but the stuff that burns a bit to tasty for me ,and it gives me a case of the shivers thinking about drinking it.


life is not a game no continues ,no saves, and only one go per person
2dumb2kwit
08-09-2009, 11:09 AM
i dont mind abusing alcohol but the stuff that burns a bit to tasty for me ,and it gives me a case of the shivers thinking about drinking it.


life is not a game no continues ,no saves, and only one go per person

If I made some, it would probably only be good for burning, but there are still some old guys, back in the hills, that make stuff that will make you swear you just had a sip of heaven!:innocent:
canid
08-11-2009, 11:36 PM
hydrous solutions of Isopropanol [say the 70% stuff] can be salted out with epsom to over 90%.
Rick
08-11-2009, 11:43 PM
I was gonna say that. What? I was. Canid just beat me to it. I, uh, salt my epsoms to, well, what he said.

I think you folks call it "Surgical Spirit". Same stuff as rubbing alcohol. Burns really well. Not much fume. Add a bit of water to the mix and it will cut down on the soot.
canid
08-11-2009, 11:52 PM
if you take a bottle of 70% iso solution and add it to a jar with about 2 cups of epsom salts, the salts will adsorb the water, leaving a much purer solution of iso. for stove fuel, it's easier than fractional distillation, and poses no extra fire hazard in the kitchen, garage, etc.
Rick
08-11-2009, 11:55 PM
Dang it! He did it again. I was this close to posting that.
2dumb2kwit
08-12-2009, 06:10 PM
if you take a bottle of 70% iso solution and add it to a jar with about 2 cups of epsom salts, the salts will adsorb the water, leaving a much purer solution of iso. for stove fuel, it's easier than fractional distillation, and poses no extra fire hazard in the kitchen, garage, etc.

Hey....that would explain, why, when I drink margaritas.....:innocent: