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David asks:
>Why use grain alcohol that has some water in it and would seem to have
>some
>counterproductive properties  Why not use denatured, or does it have water
>in it too?

Greetings, 
   The "denatured" aspect of alcohol is related to the poisonous additive, 
which allows it to be sold without the liquor tax.  This type of alcohol is, 
if I rememberr my high school chemistry class, is commonly about 40% water.  
The grain alcohol sold at the liquor store is 190 proof, which is 95% 
alcohol.  If you try to take it to the purest state of 100%,  it will break 
down into water/alcohol mix of about 95%.  Which is enough to make it dry.  
    Anhydrous alcohol is difficult to keep that way,  i think it takes a very 
low temperature.  
Regards, 
Ed Foote