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Amoeba_Rising
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Registered: 12/18/17
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Alcohol for flame sterilizer
#24918944 - 01/16/18 05:48 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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AS I am still setting my first glove box a thought occurred to me, is there a specific alcohol I need for my flame sterilizer for it to burn clean?
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ChickenFarmer
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Registered: 11/30/17
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Straight alcohol. No flavors of anything. Should be fine
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Mateja


Registered: 07/14/16
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Loc: Here
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Any burning alcohol will work, if it´s very pure it might evaporate of too quick so I just add a pinch of water and it slows down evaporation considerably.
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Edited by Mateja (01/16/18 05:52 PM)
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Enigma1
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Registered: 08/15/13
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: Mateja]
#24919148 - 01/16/18 07:15 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Butane.
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Germs
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Registered: 06/26/11
Posts: 4,607
Loc: Texas
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: Enigma1]
#24919156 - 01/16/18 07:18 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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If you’re talking about an alcohol lamp you need denatured alcohol.
Also your glovebox shouldn’t have gloves. You wear the gloves, not the box
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natedog889
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: Germs]
#24919199 - 01/16/18 07:34 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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Quote:
Germs said: If you’re talking about an alcohol lamp you need denatured alcohol.
Also your glovebox shouldn’t have gloves. You wear the gloves, not the box
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bodhisatta 
Smurf real estate agent


Registered: 04/30/13
Posts: 61,915
Loc: Milky way
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Quote:
Amoeba_Rising said: AS I am still setting my first glove box a thought occurred to me, is there a specific alcohol I need for my flame sterilizer for it to burn clean?
you can't really use a flame to sterilize with a glove box. how would you move the scalpel through the glove? you would have to have the flame inside the box which is stupid. or you need to have a bunch of pre-sterilized tools.
you use a flame with a still air box. you flame outside the box then move the sterilized tool back into the box.
use a propane or butane torch. those alcohol lamps suck IMO
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mushpunx
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Registered: 04/20/14
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: bodhisatta]
#24919312 - 01/16/18 08:15 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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I messed around with alcohol lamps for a while, still have a nice one and I never use it. The torch for a propane torch can be had for less then 10$ and the propane bottles are just a few bucks. I get my propane from the drug store. I like the Coleman's propane in the green can because they are short and fat and don't tip.
The lamps are more dangerous IMO and take *forever* to get your scalpel glowing. Makes work take way too long
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bodhisatta 
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: mushpunx]
#24919332 - 01/16/18 08:23 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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what if I told you I purposefully tip my blue one
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Germs
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Registered: 06/26/11
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: bodhisatta]
#24919378 - 01/16/18 08:39 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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bodhisatta said: what if I told you I purposefully tip my blue one

Where’s OSHA when you need them
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mushpunx
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Re: Alcohol for flame sterilizer [Re: bodhisatta]
#24919390 - 01/16/18 08:45 PM (7 years, 1 day ago) |
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bodhisatta said: what if I told you I purposefully tip my blue one

At least its on purpose I tipped mine over, hit the floor and rolled into my jacket
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