Could anyone recomend specific brands of panel wipe available in the UK to use as stove fuel? I'll be sticking it through a Nova.
Thanks
Tom
Thanks
Tom
Panel Wipe
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I just checked mine and it's own brand from a local car parts place, which is moving 30 miles away this week, must get some more before they go.
Shambling Shaman
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Rik_uk_3 is a stove expert and mentioned that he used panel wipe in his multi fuel stove. I got some, it's cheap and it's ace. I run in through a whispalite.
Thanks for the complement mate but there are some stovies over on spiritburner.com that are real experts. Remember the American mate of mine you met? I said to him, Rob, how many stoves you have now" he said "around 400 not counting the 100 or so lanterns I have as well" Now thats a stove expert. Me, I have several dozen, but don't count them anymore as I'd feel guilty and have to sell a few
Shambling Shaman
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Shambling Shaman
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I was down at my carparts dealer the other week to see if I could find something equivalent here. No luck though. Is this stuff naphta-based?
Is this stuff naphta-based?
widu13
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Ok, I'm not really sure what this stuff is supposed to do. Paint specialist? I though it was for cleaning the plastic interior panels? Hehe, okay, I'm a bit of a layman when it comes to car reconditioning.. If someone could explain what exactly you do with this wipe it would be of great help to me..
The ingredient in the panel wipe I use is Naptha, and Coleman fuel is,,,,,,,,,,, Naptha. I'm lucky in that I have had some Coleman fuel at American prices and compared the two for looks, performance and smell, I can't see a difference, but then I'm not a Chemist so I'll go on using PW until I'm told its very dangerous
If you get over to France Coleman fuel is a lot cheaper than in the UK, so is Primus Power Fuel, another Naptha product, both often on sale in camping stores there.
If you get over to France Coleman fuel is a lot cheaper than in the UK, so is Primus Power Fuel, another Naptha product, both often on sale in camping stores there.
Unleaded petrol may not have any lead in it, but it does have other nasties, notably carcinogens, like benzene.
I believe it's used to wipe down car body panels to de-grease them prior to paint spraying...
unless someone knows different
I believe it's used to wipe down car body panels to de-grease them prior to paint spraying...
unless someone knows different
Aha! Then I have some! I kind of suspected that when I was at the carparts shop I mentioned. Since this was the only naphta-based stuff I found, but I wasn't sure as I thought it was for the interior panels. The product sold here is translated to degreaser so that would be a pretty good description!
Happy as a lark and can't wait to get the stove going!
Goes for around £1.45 per litre, not bad. If I don't have to do the tedious cleaning up I do after running unleaded petrol for a week..
The cellulosa-based stuff was also available, but since it didn't seem to work so good I won't bother!
