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Ne te confundant illigitimiIt is always a pleasure to see what you can make !, instead of buying it ready made. R Proenneke.
NO NO NO !!! That would be extremely dangerous !!!
You can use Meths , Industrial Metholated Spirit (IMS) ,
At a push you can use Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA)
but as "rubbing alcohol" you may not be able to find it in a concentration that burns well ...
Hell you can use cheap Polish Vodka if you can afford it !!!
but please DO NOT use any volatile that is not called alcohol of some description !!!
YOUR STOVE MAY EXPLODE !!! Or it may flare up uncontrollably ... very dangerous!!!
At the very least , burning many petroleum volatiles will produce evil smelling and
potentially carcinogenic vapours and by products !!!
Not a good thing to have around food and drink in any respect
and may taint the food or drink to render it unpalatable !!!
Take care !!! Cheers Whistle
Life's a beach .... and then the tide comes in ....
Cheers guys. Never burned turps before so didn't know about it.
Only ever used gas, meths and hexamine
Aye just smell a zippo burning and you've hit the nail on the head.
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Surgical spirit is good if you can afford it.... As a back up of course.
Turps,white spirit,lighter fuel, coleman fuel, parafin,petrol.... Nooooooooo...
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Northern Soul Bushcraft.......
If you have the time and patience to build this then its worth it's weight in gold. boil's 500ml of water in 5 and a half mins using 23ml of meth's. very compact tornado wick stove.
It's a true record when used in a controlled environment...
But out in the elements, them results are not going to happen.. I used a pop can meths burner, and even with a windshield, It used considerably MORE fuel than it did in the shed, and took longer to boil water.
My wood gas stove I built I took straight outside to use, and it did what I expected... Boiled a liter of water in roughly 8 mins, and kept going on 2 handfulls of pellets for about 40 minutes afterwards..
The open is where you will get genuine results...
Utringue Paratus
Northern Soul Bushcraft.......
Spirit stoves need a wind free sheltered area,to work well.But Rocket Stoves,wood gas burning stoves.burn better if there is a wind or breeze.Horses for courses!!!!You can't use your woodburners indoors.but gas n spirit are ideal for "indoors!
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Just to clarify before someone takes it too literally, not in confined spaces please!
Aye suitable ventilation is needed
Border Bushcrafters
Isn't it nice when someone says "that's a great piece of kit, where did you buy that", then you can modestly reply "you can't buy it, I made it myself". The moral is, it's amazing what you can achieve if you put your mind to it.
"No better burden can a man carry on the road, than a store of common sense." - Hávamál: 10
http://midgefodderbushcraft.blogspot.co.uk
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