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delliottg
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Initially Posted - 09/03/2012 : 16:36:55

I emptied a small gas can that had some old, water contaminated gas in it into an old mason jar. Originally I was just trying to get rid of the water thinking I could use the rest of the gasoline, but once I saw what color it was I decided against it. I left the mason jar out on the tailgate of my truck on a hot sunny day last week and about half of the gas evaporated in a matter of hours. Perfect, I'd just let it all evaporate I wouldn't have to figure out how to dispose of the gas. That was about a week ago. The gas evaporated down to about 1/4 it's original volume and then the level barely changed. So I put a blower fan blowing over the top of the mouth of the jar figuring that'd accelerate the process. Well, sorta. So then I grabbed one of my junk aluminum fry pans and poured the remnants in there so there'd be more surface area, so more evaporation, right? That was a few days ago and this is the result:

You can see the lines on the top of the pan as it's slowly been evaporating and concentrating. I was going to just pour it on some grass in my driveway, but now I'm interested to see what I get.

Reminds me of orange shellac a bit, but the smell is all gasoline.

David
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1997 C-250 WK TR #271 --Seattle area Port Captain --

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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/04/2012 : 03:48:17

Ha.. If it will make it through the fuel pump, my two stroke will burn that!

probably has....

Those are the red corn kernels.. they don't break down as well as the yeller ones..

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/04/2012 : 06:20:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by redeye
 Ha.. If it will make it through the fuel pump, my two stroke will burn that! <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

My two stroke would probably run just fine even with a sand/gravel/oil mix.

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redeye
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Response Posted - 09/04/2012 : 07:26:14

That really does put a good light on the concept of gasoline varnish. Thanks for posting that image, it really changes the way I think about it.

And now.. for the Flambe...

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