There are different types and grades of kerosene. Depending on were 
you buy it you may not get what you really want. Gas stations, 
hardware stores and chemical companies stock and sell kerosene for 
different uses. You have to know what type you need.

Bob Giardina

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "David Dewey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris made a great point about the kerosene one buys today. Stanley 
Steam
> Automobiles burned kerosene in a vaporizing burner, not unlike the 
old
> Coleman camp stoves we remember fondly (??~!!!). Modern Kerosene 
does not
> vaporize and burn correctly in the Stanley burner, so most Stanley 
owners
> now burn a mix of regular (no-lead) gasoline and diesel motor fuel. 
The
> quality of most kerosene degraded some in the late 'teens, and even 
more so
> after the '50s.
> S'
> David D.


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