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Justin
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Initially Posted - 03/31/2008 :  09:30:52  Show Profile  Visit Justin's Homepage
In the past I found West Marine sells the alcohol for our marine stoves, but it was around $15 or so for a little quart. I then placed an order with Defender this weekend and found they sell it for ~$3.59 a quart. The problem was there is a $25 hazardous material shipping fee. Well, what did I just happen to find at Wal-Mart yesterday when I was buying finish remover and other painting supplies? Denatured alcohol right there with the paint thinners and it says also for use with marine stoves! I had no idea it was the same stuff used for cleaning. I had looked in the past thinking maybe you would find it with camping supplies, but no luck there. It is $4-5 for a quart, so now I know where to buy it. I'm assuming you can then also find the same stuff at most hardware stores. Just an FYI for those that were like me and did not know.
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 03/31/2008 :  12:15:56  Show Profile
Sometimes you can find it at paint and hardware stores in gallon sizes, and it's usually cheaper in those sizes.
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Response Posted - 03/31/2008 :  12:18:31  Show Profile
JUSTIN...I'VE USED ALCOHOL FROM HOME DEPOT SINCE'93 WITH NARY A PROBLEM...YA DID GOOD.

VAL ON THE HARD DAGNABIT,PATCHOGUE, N.Y.
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Justin
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Response Posted - 03/31/2008 :  14:37:43  Show Profile  Visit Justin's Homepage
Thanks, I'll check it out. In the past I didn't want to spend that much for so little at West Marine not knowing if my stove even worked or if I'd use it. Now I need to buy some and test it. I'm first going to test it out in my garage for practice to avoid any dangerous flare ups in the Catalina.
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Response Posted - 03/31/2008 :  15:05:40  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Justin4192</i>
<br /> I'm first going to test it out in my garage for practice to avoid any dangerous flare ups in the Catalina.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">A little tip about avoiding flare-ups that I think has been mentioned before in the forum, but bears repeting:
Put a large pot or frying pan on the burner BEFORE lighting it. Also I like to keep a spray bottle of water next to the stove or better yet a wet cloth to throw over a flare-up. After all the biggest advantage of an alcohol stove is that you can quickly put out the flames with a little water.
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