On Sun, 20 Nov 2016 02:42:09 -0000 (UTC), Robert Bannon
wrote:

On Sat, 19 Nov 2016 17:19:41 -0700, Charles Bishop wrote:

If ethanol works, how about isopropyl alcohol, a near relative?

The problem with *any* alcohol, is getting it without the water.

I guess mixing gasoline with water might not be a bad idea though.

Dunno. I never tried it.

But that's the theoretical problem with consumer alcohol (which is a lot of
water with some alcohol).
Ethanol is easily available in any decent hardware store as denatured
alcohol. It has a tiny amount of methanol in it to avoid taxes because
most people won't drink it.