I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

i

Ignoramus17662 wrote:
I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

i

speaking of fuel, every gallon can of kerosene at the home depot by me was
rusted out and leaking. the pallet looks like it was dredged from the
bottom of a river.

There's also this other obnoxious trend of packaing small fasteners (say
10-24 threaded parts) into bags with stupid quantities like 3.

I'm waiting for the 5 pack of batteries at the counters next.

I'd have tried a local hardware store, but since they only keep bankers'
hours, it's not hard to see why they're shutting themselves out of
business.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662
wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

i
That used to be known as "Sterno". Maybe it still is.

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662
wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

On Jan 30, 11:39*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662

wrote:
I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? *I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! *thud

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
* * * * * * * * -- Sir Winston Churchill

Sterno uses a different gelling agent. I think the disinfecting stuff
uses some form of soap. Dollar store for cheap bottles of that. And
all solvents are in a dizzying spiral up. I used to pay less than $5
for a gallon of acetone, less than a buck for the cheap mineral
spirits. Cheapest place now for solvents is one of the local Ace
hardwares, believe it or not.

Stan

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662
wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

Probably for gel fuel ventless fireplaces....

"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
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On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662
wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

Web site also shows citronella fuel gel in 32 oz jugs, etc...

lid wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud

Ig, E-85 is just $2.60 a gallon. Maybe you need to consider that
"denatured alcohol" (denatured with gasoline), and use it for most things
you would the other.

You can also gel the stuff...

LLoyd

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:42:56 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Jan 30, 11:39*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662

wrote:
I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? *I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! *thud


Sterno uses a different gelling agent.

OK.


I think the disinfecting stuff
uses some form of soap. Dollar store for cheap bottles of that.

Dollar stores sell 50% iso while everyone else sells 70% and 90%. It
all works well for removing latex paint and cleaning skin, but I buy
the more pure denatured stuff for making shellac and cleaning woodwork
prior to finishing.


And
all solvents are in a dizzying spiral up. I used to pay less than $5
for a gallon of acetone, less than a buck for the cheap mineral
spirits. Cheapest place now for solvents is one of the local Ace
hardwares, believe it or not.

I'll have to check that out the next time I'm in one. Danke.

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:15:49 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud

Ig, E-85 is just $2.60 a gallon. Maybe you need to consider that
"denatured alcohol" (denatured with gasoline), and use it for most things
you would the other.

Lloyd, that stuff would be more dangerous, stinky as hell, and would
probably rule out insurance coverage wherever it was used. Pass.

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

Larry Jaques fired this volley in
:

Lloyd, that stuff would be more dangerous, stinky as hell, and would
probably rule out insurance coverage wherever it was used. Pass.

I said for "most" things. You certainly wouldn't want to thin lacquers or
shellac with it, but for burning in alcohol stoves and the like, I can
attest that it works just fine, and does NOT stink if burnt, rather than
being allowed to evaporate.

LLoyd

wrote:
On Jan 30, 11:39*am, Larry Jaques
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? *I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! *thud

Sterno uses a different gelling agent. I think the disinfecting stuff
uses some form of soap. Dollar store for cheap bottles of that. And
all solvents are in a dizzying spiral up. I used to pay less than $5
for a gallon of acetone, less than a buck for the cheap mineral
spirits. Cheapest place now for solvents is one of the local Ace
hardwares, believe it or not.

Jell-o and grain alcohol:
http://www.myscienceproject.org/j-shot.html

Cheers!
Rich

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:15:49 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

lid wrote:
I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.
Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

OMG, denatured alcohol is up to $15.29 a gallon now! thud
Ig, E-85 is just $2.60 a gallon. Maybe you need to consider that
"denatured alcohol" (denatured with gasoline), and use it for most things
you would the other.

Lloyd, that stuff would be more dangerous, stinky as hell, and would
probably rule out insurance coverage wherever it was used. Pass.

--
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
-- Sir Winston Churchill

I've used plain old gasoline - mixed with fine sawdust and wrapped in a
napkin - as a fire starter.

It's not gelled, but it does the same thing - slow down vaporization so
that the fire burns longer and doesn't go up in one big Hollywood blaze.


--

Richard Lamb
email me:
web site: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb

"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:
Larry Jaques fired this volley in

Lloyd, that stuff would be more dangerous, stinky as hell, and would
probably rule out insurance coverage wherever it was used. Pass.

I said for "most" things. You certainly wouldn't want to thin lacquers or
shellac with it, but for burning in alcohol stoves and the like, I can
attest that it works just fine, and does NOT stink if burnt, rather than
being allowed to evaporate.

In Korea, I've seen gasoline-fired space heaters. Didn't stink too bad,
when you consider that Korea generally smells vaguely of garlic breath
and ****.

Cheers!
Rich

Larry Jaques wrote:

On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:34:55 -0600, Ignoramus17662
wrote:

I was at Home Depot and saw that they sell "gelled fuel" now. This
fuel is almost like napalm in properties, except that the burning
agent is alcohol and not benzene. It was on sale and I bought a couple
of bottles to experiment.

Is it just large bottles of sterno, Ig? I don't find it listed at my
local Borg store.

It's not sterno, it's fuel for the latest fad of "fire pots". Basically
some ceramic shape with a well in the top you fill with the napalm and
watch it burn.