dry gas and alcohol

["Dick Benjamin" <DickB@xxxxxxxxx>]

Be careful with rubbing alcohol - some of it is only 10% isopropyl, thus it
is just about saturated with water already.  Best to buy pharmacy grade
isopropyl, which is 90% isopropyl, as I recall.  I use this to clean things
like recording heads (remember those?) and floppy discs, and VCR tapes.
Works like a charm and smells good too!

Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Pittinaro <mechimike@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 9:58 AM
Subject: IML: dry gas and alcohol


> Go to Wally Mart, pick up a bottle of "DryGas" and
> read the ingredients label.  Its alcohol, either
> isopropyl or methanol, I believe, depends on the
> brand.  Rubbing alcohol will work too- I used to dump
> a little into the lawnmower when it would sputter.
> (R/A is just isopropyl alcohol)
>
> The concept is the same- alcohol is miscible with
> water, whereas gasoline is not.  The alcohol absorbs
> the water, and then the alcohol (which is still
> flamable) is drawn into the engine and burned.  Voila.
>  No more water.  One of the most effective "fix its in
> a bottle" I've seen, and dirt cheap- Last I saw you
> could buy a case of 6 pints at Wally Mart for under $6.
>
> =====
> --Mike Pittinaro
>
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