Susan: It's probably cheaper, it is available at 100% and it is for some items --everything's a "chemical"--a stronger solvent than ethanol. At 08:37 PM 9/7/01 -0700, you wrote: >At 07:56 PM 9/6/2001 -0400, Earl S. Dunlap wrote: >>By the way, any of these alcohols are very water soluble (as is acetone >>(very much more volatile & thus more flammable) or methyl ethyl ketone (a >>bit less so)), and when they evaporate rapidly, will chill the area drawing >>moisture from the air--more so in humid climates. This moisture has the >>potential to release the press in the wool! (Re: Susan Kline's correct >>"steam in a bottle" comment on 04 Sep 2001 18:30:15) > >Thank you so much for providing this explanation, Earl. I didn't realize >that 190 proof alcohol would also act like steam due to its lowering the >temperature by evaporation. I was describing the use of grain alcohol >cut half and half with water for voicing ("vodka", more or less.) However, >when I called it "steam in a bottle" I just described the effect it >seemed to have, with only guesswork behind it. I'm delighted to find out >the theory behind it. ("See, she wasn't so crazy after all ...") > >Thanks, also, for talking about the toxicity of methanol. I still don't >understand why tuners seem so eager to use it in preference to ethanol. > >Susan Kline > >
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