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Sun 31 May, 2009 11:09 am
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!!!
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!!!
Last edited by adventurescape on Sun 31 May, 2009 2:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Sun 31 May, 2009 1:41 pm
You are not alone with the stove-Building adiction. I think I have over 40!!!!!
Ryan
Ryan
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Sun 31 May, 2009 2:05 pm
Nice one! Do you have an overall favourite and do you use them on the trail?
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Sun 31 May, 2009 3:20 pm
Hi adventurescape and Rabbit,
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
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
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Tue 09 Jun, 2009 8:49 pm
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 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
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Tue 16 Jun, 2009 12:33 pm
I have now found another use for metho.
Accidentally spilling it on your foot and burning all the hairs off it!!!
Ryan
Accidentally spilling it on your foot and burning all the hairs off it!!!
Ryan
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Tue 16 Jun, 2009 7:09 pm
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
Good thing I was wearing a beanie!
Too much whisky and a bit of complacency
Re: Metho stoves and multiple use
Tue 16 Jun, 2009 7:40 pm
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.
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