When I was a kid, I found that a squirt of Ronsonol lighter
fluid gives alcohol a yellow flame.

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"TwoGuns" wrote in message
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I have used STERNO when camping or hunting for years. About
a dozen
years back I discovered a better product than STERNO for
about one
tenth the cost. My local Sam's Club sells a hand sanitizer
under their
Maker's Mark label. A two liter jug of this with a hand pump
sells for
as low as $5.50 when it is on sale. It has a built in hand
pump and I
always have one in the shop. I started using this as a
substitute for
STERNO when I was packing for a fishing trip and discovered
I was out
of STERNO. I remembered reading the label on the hand
sanitizer and it
said it was 70% Ethyl Alcohol so I tested it and it
definitely burned
hot. I have since started filling empty STERNO cans with
this and it
works great. I know it is a hotter fire than STERNO (A
friend has an
InfraRed thermometer and we did comparison tests with STERNO
vs the
hand sanitizer and the sanitizer burned a lot hotter) and it
has a
pleasant smell. My only PROBLEM with it is that the flame is
almost
invisible. Do any of you have an idea of something that
could be
mixed in with the hand sanitizer that would make the flame
more
visible? When I am the only one in the area when I am using
this I am
not worried however I would hate to see some other person
accidentally
get burned.
Just to keep this on topic I will mention that I have used
this in
small soldering projects when their was no electricity
available for
my soldering iron.

DL