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- Soap-Alcohol System
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- Common household soap can be used in combination with alcoholto gel
- gasoline for use as a flame fuel which will adhere to target surfaces.
-
-
- MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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-
- Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
- --------------- ---------- -------- -------------
-
- 36 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or motor
- vehicle
-
- 1 Ethyl Alcohol Whiskey Liquor store
- Medicine Drug store
-
- NOTE: Methyl (wood) alcohol or isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol can be substituted
- for ethyl alcohol.
-
- 20 (powdered) or Laundry soap Washing clothes Stores
- 28 (flake)
-
- NOTE: Unless the word "soap" actually appears somewhere on the container
- or
- wrapper, a washing compound is probably a detergent. THESE CAN NOT BE
- USED.
-
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- PROCEDURE
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- ______________________________________________________________________________
- |CAUTION: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area when mixing |
- |the flame fuel. |
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-
- 1. If bar soap is used, carve into thin flakes using a knife.
-
- 2. Pour Alcohol and gasoline into a jar, bottle or other container and mix
- thoroughly.
-
- 3. Add soap powder or flakes to gasoline-alcohol mix and stir occasionally
- until thickened (about 15 minutes).