Hammer Juice Solvents, Alcohols, Long

[Earl S. Dunlap, Jr.]

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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