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Alternative fuel for camping stove


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I've had a Coleman 533 camping stove for years, and have finally got around to thinking about putting something in it other than the stupidly priced Coleman fuel. I have put unleaded petrol in it a time or two, but that's very much a last resort - you have to piss about siphoning it out of the tank, and then it burns with a very sooty flame and stinks!


As far as I can tell Coleman fuel is just naphtha, as is U-POL Panel Wipe used by car body shops to wipe down panels prior to spraying. The only real difference seems to be the price: Coleman fuel is around £10 a litre, whereas U-POL is £23 for 5 litres.


Has anyone tried it in a camping stove?

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My favourite is called Pub, there is at least one in every village and you don't carry flammable stuff on your back :)

plus saves you the trouble of washing up :thumb:

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My favourite is called Pub, there is at least one in every village and you don't carry flammable stuff on your back :)

plus saves you the trouble of washing up :thumb:

 

My least favourite is called 'Pub' because they're often full of 'People', some of whom might try to start a conversation with me. And the one thing I hate more than unfriendly people is friendly people. :D

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My favourite is called Pub, there is at least one in every village and you don't carry flammable stuff on your back :)

plus saves you the trouble of washing up :thumb:

 

My least favourite is called 'Pub' because they're often full of 'People'. Some of them will even try to start a conversation with me, and the one thing I hate more than unfriendly people is friendly people. :D

 

Well. I have the advantage of the accent, they have no idea of what I'm saying and give up :lol:

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Coleman fluid is naptha. so is any decent panelwipe. same thing.


im surpised you dont use a similar product in the laboratory.

 

Not much call for naphtha in the lab, although that said we do have a little bottle of Swan lighter fluid somewhere for cleaning sticky labels off stuff...


We've got a shit-load of methanol and acetonitrile down there though, which we use as carrier solvents for the HPLC. Perhaps I'll half-inch a litre of each and see how they perform. :lol:

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I would imagine that some of the non gel style Hand Sanitizers would burn well enough .

 

Great suggestion. That's a new tent you owe me...



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A new form of central heating...

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