Charles in Aus.
Well-known Member
Amongst other suggestions for use of old two stroke fuel was as the obvious bonfire starter .
Nothing really starts a big pile of brush as effectively as a petrochemical but I value my eyebrows and what little hair I have left . I need to clear the front paddock before our bushfire season really gets into gear .
So I added polystyrene packaging to the fuel that came from the bottom of the cans I found that may have been contaminated . About five litres of fuel managed to dissolve the packing from two major appliances and a huge number of those annoying beads that come as post packing .
What I was left with was a half drum of really sticky , highly volatile paste somewhat akin to napalm .
The advantage of this is that I can open the container it's in and scoop out a little with a stick , the paste won't explode like raw fuel but it really burns hot and more importantly long .
This compound will ignite wet bark and leaves and keep them burning until they dry and burn on their own . A way of using two otherwise waste materials to help clear up a third .
Nothing really starts a big pile of brush as effectively as a petrochemical but I value my eyebrows and what little hair I have left . I need to clear the front paddock before our bushfire season really gets into gear .
So I added polystyrene packaging to the fuel that came from the bottom of the cans I found that may have been contaminated . About five litres of fuel managed to dissolve the packing from two major appliances and a huge number of those annoying beads that come as post packing .
What I was left with was a half drum of really sticky , highly volatile paste somewhat akin to napalm .
The advantage of this is that I can open the container it's in and scoop out a little with a stick , the paste won't explode like raw fuel but it really burns hot and more importantly long .
This compound will ignite wet bark and leaves and keep them burning until they dry and burn on their own . A way of using two otherwise waste materials to help clear up a third .