Thread: Water bottle to carry camp stove fuel?
View Single Post
Old 02-12-11 | 08:13 PM
  #31  
wahoonc's Avatar
wahoonc
Membership Not Required
 
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 16,853
Likes: 17
From: On the road-USA

Bikes: Giant Excursion, Raleigh Sports, Raleigh R.S.W. Compact, Motobecane? and about 20 more! OMG

Originally Posted by markf
I know HEET is a popular choice to burn in alcohol stoves, but one thing worries me. The HEET website says that HEET contains "special additives and methanol". Can any chemists on the forum tell us if these additives are safe in a cooking fuel? For that matter, is it a good idea to cook with methanol or would we all better off with denatured ethanol?
There are two different formulations of HEET. The red bottle is isopropyl the yellow bottle is methanol. Here is a link to the list of the various fuels that can be used in an alcohol stove.

I typically use denatured alcohol, but will use the yellow bottle HEET if I cannot find what I need.

Aaron
__________________
Webshots is bailing out, if you find any of my posts with corrupt picture files and want to see them corrected please let me know. :(

ISO: A late 1980's Giant Iguana MTB frameset (or complete bike) 23" Red with yellow graphics.

"Cycling should be a way of life, not a hobby.
RIDE, YOU FOOL, RIDE!"_Nicodemus

"Steel: nearly a thousand years of metallurgical development
Aluminum: barely a hundred
Which one would you rather have under your butt at 30mph?"_krazygluon
wahoonc is offline  
Reply
0