Originally Posted by
cyccommute
I don't use gasoline in liquid fuel stoves because I know the dangers of gasoline. I'd use other fuels long before I'd use gasoline...including a wood fire. Just the hazard of putting gasoline in a MSR fuel bottle is enough to give me the willies. The fuels I would use...naphtha, white gas, mineral spirits, etc...have a higher flash point than gasoline and are safer. They also evaporate cleanly if you do spill them and won't leave any more residual odor than any alcohol.
I'm wondering what specific dangers you're thinking of. I know that if a spark ignited the gas while I was pouring it into a tank it would be bad. But I fill up my truck without worrying too much. There's often some spilled gas - usually from gas left in the nozzle - when I fill up my vehicles. I can fill my MSR bottle with no spillage, but not much more than 50% of the time. It's similar to when I buy gasoline for my lawnmower. It seems like it calls for caution, but not something that is so dangerous as to be completely avoided.
When I filled the tank on my Coleman 442 from my MSR bottle, and when I disassemble my Whisperlite, there can be some "loose" gasoline. I keep the gas away from any flames, and don't do any of this until the stove has cooled off. Should I be worried?