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cubeladd
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Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol
#4611922 - 09/02/05 10:31 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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There are no shops in the UK that sell pure ethyl alcohol here in the UK as I suspect it's controlled. So if I were to use vodka (usually about 40% here) instead for my alcohol lamp would this work? Secondly would 70% isopropyl wipes be just as effective, as this would seem the easiest and cheapest option.
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: cubeladd]
#4611939 - 09/02/05 10:36 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Use methylated spirit from any hardware shop for both your lamp and wiping down.
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: cubeladd]
#4611943 - 09/02/05 10:38 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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If you were to use grain alcohol, go with 190 proof. Here in the states, there is a brand called golden grain. Or everclear.
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cubeladd
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: blackout]
#4611981 - 09/02/05 10:58 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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blackout said: Use methylated spirit from any hardware shop for both your lamp and wiping down.
Doesn't methylated spirit contain contaminants though for example petroleum distillates?
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cubeladd
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: FungusMan]
#4611994 - 09/02/05 11:03 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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FungusMan said: If you were to use grain alcohol, go with 190 proof. Here in the states, there is a brand called golden grain. Or everclear.
You can't get pure denatured or un-denatured ethyl-alcohol over here without a license. Isn't grain alcohol the same as ethyl-alcohol?
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: cubeladd]
#4611996 - 09/02/05 11:04 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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Most is 90% ethanol 5% methanol and the rest is dye which also gives it a bad unpalatable taste for the winos, usually methyl red. It is perfectly fine for a lamp, or wiping needles.
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: blackout]
#4612000 - 09/02/05 11:05 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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You can get isopropanol in the UK, or surgical spirit in chemists, grain alcohol is ethanol/ethyl alcohol.
methylated spirit is the cheapest.
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Re: Obtaining Ethyl Alcohol [Re: blackout]
#4612039 - 09/02/05 11:21 AM (18 years, 5 months ago) |
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blackout said: You can get isopropanol in the UK, or surgical spirit in chemists, grain alcohol is ethanol/ethyl alcohol.
methylated spirit is the cheapest.
ok, thanks i'll just use meth-spirit instead
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