A use for Heads?

[1bottler]

Coming into summer down here, last year in the garden we had a problem with white fly on the brassicas, being of a green inclination I did not want to douse everything in insecticide.
This year I am mixing the heads with water [ 1:4 ] and a squirt of detergent in a sprayer and applying liberally.
The theory being that the white fly get p!ssed on the alcohol, slip on the detergent and fall off..... seems to be working too.
chris nz

[Odin]

Wind screen washer ...

It actually ages in a nice way!



Odin.

[OlympicMtDoo]

Sounds like a good plan 1bottler, just don't spill any where you'll be walkin

[Sungy]

Works well for fire starter fluid. Not bad for removing the adhesive from stickers and price tags.

[Durace11]

Works well for fire starter fluid. Not bad for removing the adhesive from stickers and price tags.

And delabeling beer & wine bottles

[Mr.Brown]

i use it to light the grill mostly.

[rgarry]

I use it to refill the cleaner for the electric razor. First time I did it, I stood by with fire exstinguisher (just in case). I also use it o kill fire ants.

[HolyBear]

For cleaning my stilling counter, grill starter (much better taste than lighter fluid).

I want a multi fuel stove for camping/ cooking hot meals while working. Bet it would work just fine...

[Mr.Brown]

Just a couple of failures. I tried it in my coleman lantern. it lit, but was a very low dull flame. no good.

I also tried it as starting fluid in a riding mower. It was the last time she ran. It had one foot in the grave anyway so i figured i'd give it a shot.
Got a nice new zero turn out of it anyway so i guess it was a success.

[marshrunner757]

Use it for cleaning my fermenter and equipment.

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[JamPie]

I recently started distilling and put a couple of pine sticks in a jar with fores in. As soon as it absorbed some of the fluid I'll try it as a fire starter by using the pine sticks/planks.

Any idea on how to make a cheap gel from the fores to use as fire starter? Will gelatin work? Or flour?

[rgarry]

adding Glycerin???? Just thinking outloud.

[HolyBear]

Heads are not very good at cleaning dried deer blood off concrete. Couldn't see that it had any greater effect than plain water...

[ipee7ABV]

Heads are not very good at cleaning dried deer blood off concrete. Couldn't see that it had any greater effect than plain water...

or human blood

[okie]

I put it diluted in my wife's Cadillac windshield washer bottle and she didn't know I did. The next day she said WTF did you do to my car??? Was not a good thing. Took her a month to get it out and her office people would ride with her on occasion. Lots of questions she never answered.

[JamPie]

I've got some in my Zippo now. It works but not as well as lighter fluid. Will try to mix it with some other things...and try not to blow myself up!!

[Home Boy]

We use it to light the hickory wood in the smoker when smoking some boston butts. We will be feeding a crowd for new years, so its about time to fire it up again.

[Zippo]

I use a lot of paint thinner at work, to clean my paint guns, and To buy paint thinner by the 5 gal its about 90 bucks. I was wondering has any one tried to clean an automotive paint gun with heads?

[Buccaneer Bob]

I wanted to tag onto this thread, for anybody who's looking for another use for heads.

DIY Alcohol Lamp (Burner, Candle, etc.)

I did some searching on the Home Distiller website, and I found a few threads on alcohol stoves, but none on alcohol lamps (laboratory type alcohol burners).

There's not much to them, really.

Tools Needed: Either a nail or a straight screwdriver.

Materials Needed:
* A heat-resistant resealable container: A) a glass baby food, jelly, etc., jar with metal lid; or B) a small metal canister. Shorter and fatter works better than taller and skinnier.
* A wick made from A) a cotton shoe lace; B) a strip torn from an old cotton T-shirt; C) cotton twine; or D) some other 100% cotton material. It has to be 100% cotton, or it won't wick right and it will probably melt with the heat.
* Some alcohol (foreshots, heads, etc.) to burn in your lamp.
* A twist-type bottle cap to cover the wick when not in use to keep the alcohol from evaporating.

How to Do It:
Step 1) Depending on what type of wick you go with, use either a nail or a straight screwdriver to punch a hole through the metal lid of your jar or canister. You want the wick to fit tightly enough in the hole so that it doesn't slip back down into the jar.
Step 3) Push about a 2-3 centimeters (about an inch) of your wick up through the hole in the metal lid.
Step 4) Fill the jar with alcohol.
Step 4) Screw the lid on tight.
Step 5) Take the lamp outside in an open space, somewhere out of the wind, and light it to see how it works. Let it burn for awhile until you're satisfied it will be okay to use someplace else.
Step 6) Blow it out just like you would a candle and pinch the wick to make sure the fire is completely out or use your bottle cap to snuff out the flame.
Step 7) Cover the wick with your bottle cap when not in use.

I have been running my alcohol burners daily for about a month with no troubles whatsoever. And I'm running a 5 mm (3/16 inch) diameter wick sticking up about 2-3 cm (1 inch) that gives me a roughly 8 cm (3 inch) high flame with a full alcohol charge.

Of course, you can play around with the diameter of your wick and how much of it you expose to achieve whatever size flame you're looking for.

I currently have two in our bathroom shower, and they do a great job of chasing off the chill in our bathroom during the winter months. And just as soon as I can get my hands on another jar, I will make another.

Depending on the size of your jar, these lamps will burn for six or eight hours on a single refill, but I usually refill ours every three or four hours because the flame gets weaker as the level of the alcohol goes down.

You can use these lamps to warm up a small space like a bathroom or a fishing/hunting shelter, but these burners also come in handy if somebody needs a clean burning heat source for craft projects that require thermoforming plastics, melting hot glue, and that kind of stuff.

One thing to keep in mind with an alcohol lamp is that alcohol flames are pretty much invisible in bright light, so you want to put your hand above the wick and feel for heat to ensure the flame is out.

The other thing to keep in mind if you are using a glass jar for your lamp is that glass breaks, and breaking a lit alcohol lamp will give you your own version of a Molotov cocktail.

So you want to use them under supervision or place them in a bathtub, sink, or a metal pot that would ideally contain a flaming spill, should something whacky happen like somebody accidentally knocks one into something hard and the glass shatters.

Here's a good 4-page article on alcohol lamps.

And this guy here has a neat way to go if somebody needs a wind-resistant version.

[frozenthunderbolt]

I recently started distilling and put a couple of pine sticks in a jar with fores in. As soon as it absorbed some of the fluid I'll try it as a fire starter by using the pine sticks/planks.

Any idea on how to make a cheap gel from the fores to use as fire starter? Will gelatin work? Or flour?

Toast egg shels till dry.
Grind to a powder and put in a jar with vinegar to cover them.
Shake daily till disolved or you are bored.
Filter through a coffee filter and reserve the liquid.
Boil the liquid to evaporate it - reserve the powdered residue this is the calcium acetate that you want.
Add fores a little at a time to the calcium acetate and stir - it should form a gel very similar to alcohol based hand sanitizer.

[HolyBear]

I recently started distilling and put a couple of pine sticks in a jar with fores in. As soon as it absorbed some of the fluid I'll try it as a fire starter by using the pine sticks/planks.

Any idea on how to make a cheap gel from the fores to use as fire starter? Will gelatin work? Or flour?

Toast egg shels till dry.
Grind to a powder and put in a jar with vinegar to cover them.
Shake daily till disolved or you are bored.
Filter through a coffee filter and reserve the liquid.
Boil the liquid to evaporate it - reserve the powdered residue this is the calcium acetate that you want.
Add fores a little at a time to the calcium acetate and stir - it should form a gel very similar to alcohol based hand sanitizer.

Now how the hell did you know that??? I haven't found that in dnders posts yet...

[cob]

certain soap flakes work with gasoline, never tried it with alcohol. mmmm

[Dnderhead]

"certain soap flakes work with gasoline"
its the stearic acid ?.its used to thicken the soap/hand lotions,also works with alcohol.

[frozenthunderbolt]

I recently started distilling and put a couple of pine sticks in a jar with fores in. As soon as it absorbed some of the fluid I'll try it as a fire starter by using the pine sticks/planks.

Any idea on how to make a cheap gel from the fores to use as fire starter? Will gelatin work? Or flour?

Toast egg shels till dry.
Grind to a powder and put in a jar with vinegar to cover them.
Shake daily till disolved or you are bored.
Filter through a coffee filter and reserve the liquid.
Boil the liquid to evaporate it - reserve the powdered residue this is the calcium acetate that you want.
Add fores a little at a time to the calcium acetate and stir - it should form a gel very similar to alcohol based hand sanitizer.

Now how the hell did you know that??? I haven't found that in dnders posts yet...

Interest in Alchemy, chemistry and archaic skills useful for a post industrial future

[JamPie]

Hello Guys

I also tried the lamp thing. I just poked a hole in a jar, folded a pipe cleaner in half, added the foreshots and voila!

[Old Fart]

Interest in Alchemy, chemistry and archaic skills useful for a post industrial future

Amen Brother!!

Old Fart

[frozenthunderbolt]

Where you at Old Fart? Wouldn't happen to be a like minded kiwi by any chance?

[Old Fart]

In the Great Pacific NW. Both sides of the border......

[NZChris]

I just stumbled on this thread after seeing lots of whitefly on my broccoli and was looking for an easy solution.

I know it's been a few years since you've visited the site, but thanks for the 'heads up' anyway. The whitefly will be getting a squirt tomorrow.

Cheers
Chris

[cayars]

Old thread,

DIY Tabletop-Bio-Ethanol-Fireplace. Paint can, clay pot and pebbles. Check out youtube.