Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread MIKE ZANE
un...@mailman.qth.net > [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Simmons > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 6:51 PM > To: Elecraft > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol > > Here in the USA it is called 'denatured alchohol'. Cheapest to buy in the > pai

Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread Dr. William J. Schmidt
sieves to absorb water. Dr. William J. Schmidt (one of my Ph.D. is in Chemical Engineering) -Original Message- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of John Marvin Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 7:00 PM To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread Ed Pflueger
PM To: Elecraft Subject: Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol Here in the USA it is called 'denatured alchohol'. Cheapest to buy in the paint department of the big-box stores. Or, at the liquor store as "Everclear" hi hi -de John NI0K brianpepperdine brianpepperdine wrote on 7/14/2021

Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread John Marvin
Anything above 95% or so requires processes beyond just distillation, i.e. you are getting into the lab grade region. Prices usually go up significantly for that. Of course, in many states you can buy 190 proof Everclear (95% grain alcohol) at a liquor store.  Might be easier to find than lab

Re: [Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread John Simmons
Here in the USA it is called 'denatured alchohol'. Cheapest to buy in the paint department of the big-box stores. Or, at the liquor store as "Everclear" hi hi -de John NI0K brianpepperdine brianpepperdine wrote on 7/14/2021 6:41 PM: I have no idea, obviously, what the USA market offers, but h

[Elecraft] 99.9 % alcohol

2021-07-14 Thread brianpepperdine brianpepperdine
I have no idea, obviously, what the USA market offers, but here we get 99.9% (not 90%) isoprophyl alcohol. So much the better re. less residue of course. Admittedly it was a bit hard to get at the beginning of the pandemic but that seemed resolved with a couple months. Ages past I had to ask the p