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Smelly Kerosene

April 6 2004 at 10:59 PM
rik 

 
Just to please the wife, can anyone recommend any nice scented oil etc, I can add to kerosene without it blocking up jets etc?

Ta, Rik

 
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adibrook

too hot

April 6 2004, 11:19 PM 

I think that stoves burn far too hot to work with any scented oil. Scented oils are designed for yellow-flamed wicks, which have incomplete cmbustion and are ALOT colder than pressure burners.
I'm not totally sure tho. I'v olny tried it with one type of scented oil. Others might work.

What you need to do is tell your wife that youre using Kerosenium Geranuim oil. Of course ther's no such planty really, but you could allways make one by putting kero on a Geranium flower, and using it as froof

 
 
Stuart

Two Suggestions.

April 6 2004, 11:47 PM 

1. Focus DIY sell a Parasene additive for the already low odour Parasense Superwarm fuel, its called Parafresh. The Focus in Llanishen, Cardiff had it and the fuel.

2. BBQ lighter fuel. It was suggested in the thread on boat stoves tha BBQ fuel is close to paraffin, well it is. I tried some in my 96L and it burns OK, with a lot less smelly fumes flavouring the food on the hole in the bottom of tin style tin. It was suggested it was £1 a Litre, but I could only find it for £2 a Litre.

 
 
rik

Fuel ideas

April 7 2004, 12:19 AM 

alternative fuels to kero? Interesting idea in the BBQ fuel, any others? Thinners? turps/white spirit substitute? any ideas?

Rik

 
 
Stuart

These work

April 7 2004, 8:00 AM 

White spirit (B&Q) works much the same as paraffin in my 96L.

Turpentine Substitute also works, but with yellow tips to the flame.

I have not run a complete tank thru, to see if there is any residue left behind, although as suggested elsewhere the 96L is an idela stove for fuel testing since its so easy to clean.

 
 
 
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