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Home Made Alcohol Lamp
Build your own alcohol lamp from easily available materials.
| Items
You will need. 1. A small jar with lid. Baby food jars work well but any jar will do. 2. A tool to make a small hole 3. Cotton Ball 4. 95 % Ethyl alcohol (ethanol) Steps |
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| 1. Make a
small hole in the lid of the Jar. 2. Pull apart a cotton ball. |
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| 3. Roll the cotton in your hands to make the wick. The wick needs to fit snug in the hole and reach to the bottom of the jar. |  |
| 4. Now thread your wick through the small hole in the lid. |  |
| 5. Now fill
the jar with alcohol and and put the lid on. Done! |
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| The wick
should be sticking out about 1/4 in. The more wick that sticks
out the bigger the flame will be. When you don't use the lamp, store in a tightly closed plastic bag to prevent the alcohol from evaporating. by caimen |
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