Before I ruin my lighter, will a zippo run ok on ethanol? Petrol makes a pipe taste unpleasant and I won't touch those blow torch style lighters since one exploded in my hand.
dave750gixer said:Can you tell I work in a lab? Didnt try the diethyl ether as that is probably way too volatile. The permanent match kept failing though as I was dissolving the adhesive out of the body and had to keep gluing the bottom back on.
Yep I work in a lab too - ethanol ( DFS grade - in principle drinkable ) is handy stuff. I keep some in my rucksack for treating cuts, cleaning my kinfe so I can eat with it after gutting fish with the same implement, lighting charcoal etc etc. Can't say it ever occured to me to dry using THF. I might give DMSO and cadaverine a go - I'm more or less immune to the smell and it's a handy way of clearing space in a crowded pub....
I've been using ethanol on my permanent match - it has no noticable flavour by the time it's gone through a pipe. Authentic zippo fuel however tastes bad..