Bushwalk Australia

Just a few thoughts on the multiple uses of metho/alcohol.

Sanitising food prep areas and hands.
Antiseptic for first aid treatment.
A bit on some tissue or paper towel to wipe feet before clean socks or getting into sleeping bag. Very effective against foot skank and drying out waterlogged skin!
I have seen the suggestion of washing polypro thermals in water with a sterilizing tablet, metho and water could achieve same results??
Fire lighter.
Stove fuel.
If only there were no toxic additives, medicinal ingestion.

Has any body else had a stove building addiction? I never knew empty cans could be so entertaining. My partner thinks, or has had suspicions confirmed, that i am totally bonkers!!!

You are not alone with the stove-Building adiction. I think I have over 40!!!!!

Ryan

Nice one! Do you have an overall favourite and do you use them on the trail?

Hi adventurescape and Rabbit,

Has any body else had a stove building addiction? I never knew empty cans could be so entertaining. My partner thinks, or has had suspicions confirmed, that i am totally bonkers!!!

You are not alone with the stove-Building adiction. I think I have over 40!!!!!

You are definitely not alone, I need a bigger shed to fit my stoves in and I have spent many hundreds of dollars setting up a testing facilty.

Tony

Hey Tony,
I think I have seen some of your data from tests here somewhere? I like your work. We could make you a stove-shaped trophy, but sounds like it'd get lost in the shed!

I used my penny stoves out walking over the weekend and they went well. They used more fuel than I expected, but I bought plenty extra. I have mental blueprint for a new one with an inbuilt wicking primer pan. I'll probably make it a pressurised side burner though to eliminate pot holder. Not sure when I'll get the chance to make it, but I'll post pics if it goes well.

Sam

I have now found another use for metho.
Accidentally spilling it on your foot and burning all the hairs off it!!!

Ryan

Yeah, I blasted a syringe-full into a poorly firing coal heater in a hut and the resulting fireball removed a fair amount of eybrow.
Good thing I was wearing a beanie!
Too much whisky and a bit of complacency

Metho's great for outer ear infections. Some people also use it for tropical ulcers, but I find vinegar is just a teensy bit less agonising.