White Spirit and Methylated Spirit...difference?

[Bushcraftsman]

Hey guys

I was just looking in a hardware shop the other day for some spirits for a coke can alcohol burner I made. White spirits are about half the price of Methylated spirits and obviously are still extremely flammable....is there a difference in the way they burn or something?

Thanks

 

[mountainm]

Don't use white spirit in a meths burner. Danger Will Robinson!

 

[Bushcraftsman]

why not?

 

[rik_uk3]

'White spirit' ingredients vary from brand to brand so for one thing your never that sure what you have. Some are near pure paraffin so just won't work in a meths stove and if they do will burn filthy messing up your pots and stinking the place out, smells linger for ages from a spill and some of them have stuff like naptha in which can cause a nasty flare up.

Stick to meths, methanol or ethanol.

 

[Bushcraftsman]

No worries. Thanks for the advice!

 

[ateallthepies]

5 litre bottles of methylated spirit will set you back about £15 anywhere in the UK. If you buy in the DIY sheds the price will at least double. I believe Methanol can be cheaper than Methylated spirit but I have yet to use it.

Both the above burn clean, white spirit does not and it stinks too.

Steve.

 

[bullterrier]

All of the above.

Apparently filtering meths with a loaf of bread will get rid of the blue dye, which stops your mouth going blue when you drink it.

And white spirit just kills you when you drink it.

Neither to be recommended.....

 

[sandbag47]

Toolstation sell maths quiet cheep

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Might be worth mentioning that the fumes of burning white spirit are toxic.

 

[ally]

methanol about 50p a litre on ebay..............

 

[Harvestman]

Have a look at this thread, and find out why burning white spirit is a bad idea

 

[bushwacker bob]

Toolstation sell maths quiet cheep

So do some school examination boards.