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Q: Can I use use rubbing alcohol for fuel?

asked on November 17, 2015

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You can but it needs to be 90% or better. The best deal is to go to Home Depot and get denatured alcohol. You get a gallon close to 4 dollars. I would say a gallon would be 60 hours of burning. MERC · November 19, 2015 9 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report The problem with rubbing alcohol is it usually contains water. Simple chemistry will separate the alcohol from the water. +Add table salt to the rubbing alcohol until the salt will no longer dissolve( saturation point). + Wait about 10 minutes. + Saltwater is heavier than alcohol and the two will separate. +Decanter the alcohol on top off into another container. Bob's your uncle. JA Steve Sparks · May 6, 2019 11 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report Rubbing alcohol varies between 50% and 80% alcohol. The rest is water. I've never tried 50%, but have done 70%. It will burn, but a good deal of the heat goes towards evaporating the water and is wasted. The 91% alcohol will burn fairly well and if it significantly cheaper than methanol or denatured, go for it. Old Vermont Hippy · November 17, 2015 8 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report It doesn't work very well with rubbing alcohol. You can buy the yellow plastic bottle of heet fuel additive at pep boys or auto zone which works very well. You can also buy a gallon of denatured alcohol at Lowes or Home Depot in the paint department for about $15.00. The denatured alcohol works very well also. Simple Usually Better · November 18, 2015 8 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report We tried 90% and found black soot through our whole house! On the windows, furniture, everything! Horrible! Michael Bollaert · January 23, 2022 4 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report Yes you can. 91% rubbing alcohol works great. Walmart, CVS, Walgreens. Very cheap. Burns clean too. BRIAN MCCANN · December 9, 2016 7 people found this helpful. Do you? Yes | Report I want to reiterate what's been said. We Americans think "alcohol" means the stuff mom kept in the medicine cabinet that burns when you apply it to a cut or scrape on your skin (isopropyl or rubbing alcohol). These stoves are not intended for that. While it may work, the stove works best with denatured alcohol (which i… see more I want to reiterate what's been said. We Americans think "alcohol" means the stuff mom kept in the medicine cabinet that burns when you apply it to a cut or scrape on your skin (isopropyl or rubbing alcohol). These stoves are not intended for that. While it may work, the stove works best with denatured alcohol (which is mostly ethanol, available in the paint thinner area of your local hardware store) or yellow-bottle HEET brand gas treatment available at your local auto parts/supply store (a brand of methanol). Denatured alcohol is like pure grain alcohol sold in a liquor store (92+ percent ethanol and it works, too), but toxic amounts of poison are added to denatured alcohol keep it from being consumed and thus not requiring regulation as a beverage; this doesn't affect the burn. Using ethanol or methanol will produce better results that are consistent and reliable. I've used alcohol stoves for years and I've tried lots of liquids. Go with denatured alcohol or yellow HEET (or Everclear brand liquor if you're desperate or you don't mind the cost). Avoid the Dollar Tree yellow fuel treatments as they have other additives (my experience) that leave residue in your stove and a stench when cooking. YMMV, but that's more than 10 years of knowledge and experimentation talking. Be careful with these things as some chemicals can be dangerous. Stick with ethanol or methanol and you'll get the job done in a timely manner with minimal polluting of your stove and no soot or explosions. This applies to any stove dubbed "an alcohol stove" unless otherwise specified. Rubbing alcohol is a dirty product when burned. I'd avoid using it in my stove even if it sort of worked. see less I want to reiterate what's been said. We Americans think "alcohol" means the stuff mom kept in the medicine cabinet that burns when you apply it to a cut or scrape on your skin (isopropyl or rubbing alcohol). These stoves are not intended for that. While it may work, the stove works best with denatured alcohol (which is mostly ethanol, available in the paint thinner area of your local hardware store) or yellow-bottle HEET brand gas treatment available at your local auto parts/supply store (a brand of methanol). Denatured alcohol is like pure grain alcohol sold in a liquor store (92+ percent ethanol and it works, too), but toxic amounts of poison are added to denatured alcohol keep it from being consumed and thus not requiring regulation as a beverage; this doesn't affect the burn. Using ethanol or methanol will produce better results that are consistent and reliable. I've used alcohol stoves for years and I've tried lots of liquids. Go with denatured alcohol or yellow HEET (or Everclear brand liquor if you're desperate or you don't mind the cost). Avoid the Dollar Tree yellow fuel treatments as they have other additives (my experience) that leave residue in your stove and a stench when cooking. YMMV, but that's more than 10 years of knowledge and experimentation talking. Be careful with these things as some chemicals can be dangerous. Stick with ethanol or methanol and you'll get the job done in a timely manner with minimal polluting of your stove and no soot or explosions. This applies to any stove dubbed "an alcohol stove" unless otherwise specified. Rubbing alcohol is a dirty product when burned. I'd avoid using it in my stove even if it sort of worked. jbrianb · May 9, 2019 8 people found this helpful. Do you? | Report 91 % will burn but it does not burn as clean as denatured alcohol Gerald M · November 17, 2015 One person found this helpful. Do you? | Report I do not have this stove (yet :D ) but I have a lot of experience with alcohol stoves and combustion. Yes, you can burn isopropyl alcohol in these stoves. It will burn ok. However, you will typically get a tremendous (huge) amount of soot that is a big pain to clean and keep off of other gear. This is because there… see more I do not have this stove (yet :D ) but I have a lot of experience with alcohol stoves and combustion. Yes, you can burn isopropyl alcohol in these stoves. It will burn ok. However, you will typically get a tremendous (huge) amount of soot that is a big pain to clean and keep off of other gear. This is because there is incomplete combustion of the alcohol. Alcohol stoves that have fuel preheaters and mixing chambers burn iso a lot better. Small backpacking stoves just wont get complete combustion. In my opinion, it is just not worth using. I have found the bery best fuel to be Klean-Strip Green Denatured Alcohol from home depot. It burns clean and has a high heat content. Yes, it is more expensive than other options, but the price difference is worth the cost. My 2 cents. see less I do not have this stove (yet :D ) but I have a lot of experience with alcohol stoves and combustion. Yes, you can burn isopropyl alcohol in these stoves. It will burn ok. However, you will typically get a tremendous (huge) amount of soot that is a big pain to clean and keep off of other gear. This is because there is incomplete combustion of the alcohol. Alcohol stoves that have fuel preheaters and mixing chambers burn iso a lot better. Small backpacking stoves just wont get complete combustion. In my opinion, it is just not worth using. I have found the bery best fuel to be Klean-Strip Green Denatured Alcohol from home depot. It burns clean and has a high heat content. Yes, it is more expensive than other options, but the price difference is worth the cost. My 2 cents. ChefLamont · September 29, 2016 2 people found this helpful. Do you? | Report It will burn but not as well as ethanol or methanol. Easy to find the methanol at any Hardware store rich · November 19, 2015 Do you find this helpful? | Report

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