Can I use gas line antifreeze as a fuel for my Origo alcohol stove/heater/ Can’t get Origo to answer. They are in Sweeden. They say to use Alcohol solvent. It is 4% methenol The local Walmart wants almost $5.00 a quart for that stuff.
Isn’t that line antifreeze mostly isopropanol?
Anyway methanol or wood alcohol is available at many places, it tends to become quite cheap if you purchace it in 5 gallon drums. I dont suppose you need quite that much for a stove though. Look at a painters supply store for it in that size.
You can buy it at the corner drugstore for about 2 bucks a pint if you are desparate.
What is this thing? Some kind of camping stove? If it uses a plate right above the flame to vaporize the fuel then it wouldn’t matter much what kind of alcohol you put in it. I would use plain old denatured (ethanol) myself because of the availability and price. If it is a cost consideration, maybe try mixing methanol with ethanol in various proportions until you get a nice burn.
If it uses some kind of generator tube, beware. Those things are notorious for being picky about what juice you run through them.
You could try the US reps for Origo: InterCon Marketing, webpage www.interconmktg.com phone (941) 355-4488
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I use methanol-based gasline antifreeze in my alcohol stoves all the time. It works great–mostly because it’s exactly what the stove was designed to burn. I haven’t tried isopropanol-based gasline antifreeze, though, mostly since it’s more expensive and less available.
Since flying with stove fuel is frowned upon, and disposing of the excess of what you’ve bought on site can be a hassle, the fact that gasline antifreeze comes in nifty little bottles is also a great advantage when I’m on a trip.