Heat Gun ??

[Ibefishin]

what is a alcohol burner i have been useing a hair dryer but it dont work real good been looking for a better way to do it, a heat gun is a little pricey!!!

[skiptomylu]

It's a glass bottle sort of wide at the bottom and a neck with a metal cap with a hole for the wick. Then it has another cap to snuff it and if it's any good it will keep the alcohol for evaporating out. Like I told earlier Barlow's has them and if you look on their site I am sure you can see a picture.

[Redman]

Here is a old post that I did a few months ago. I hate to spend a dime if I don't need to. The post was something like a Redneck Alcohol Lamp.


Ok Boys and Girls finally got around to doing pictures of my no cost Alcohol Lamp. Take a 4 oz. pimento jar and punch a small hole in the lid. Take a piece of COTTON Rope 4 inches should be enough stick it in the hole that you punched in the lid. Fill 1/4 full of 91 % medical alcohol wait till the wick gets wet light and start painting. You can pour any unused Alcohol back in the bottle and use it again. So here are the pictures of the no cost Alcohol Lamp. Remember that you can regulate the flame by the length of the wick.

Enjoy

Redman

[Fatman]

I bought a Wagner dual heat for $22 and for me the noise won't be a problem - I'm deaf in my left ear so I'll just set up to that side and won't hear it. Always wanted one so finally just bought it.

[skiptomylu]

Get your alcohol from the hardware store, Denatured stuff!

[Redman]

Skip I been using the medical 91% stuff from Wally World or the Dollar store. It runs about a buck at the dollar store and a little bit more at WW. Have been buying the big bottles a Sams when they have it. FYI I painted in the neighborhood of 1200 jigs with a pint. Never had a bit of trouble running medical alcohol thur the little burner. I fill it up 1/4 full and go to town painting. So a ounce will paint some where around 80 to 90 jigs. A big saving compared to the Denatured alcohol.

Redman

[skiptomylu]

It is cheaper and do not know why the other is recommended when I see it so can't say one way or the other. I would take a wild guess and say there must be some reason, but I do not have the answer. However if it works for you then maybe it's fine, but I would check into why some say don't use it. Maybe I can find out why and get back. Cheaper is for sure better if safety is equal for sure!

[skiptomylu]

Redman you may be okay with the 91%, but I am unsure, but did find out why the denatured is recommended. First it has a higher heat and the rubbing alcohol has water in it and I did find this, but they were talking about the 70% stuff. Based on this I will stick the the denatured stuff as I have been using the came burner for 6 years now and never had to change the wick.

70% isopropyl alcohol works, nut not as well. The extra water forces the flame to expend energy vaporizing water, which is not compensated by energy liberated in combustion. Often the wick will become enriched in water as the alcohol burns away, leaving excess water behind. He net result is that the burner burns feebly and may give up the ghost entirely after a while. I have learned this by sad firsthand experience.

Richard Barrans, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Department of Physics and Astronomy

[Redman]

Skip I have tried the 70% stuff and the Prof is right it plays out quick. I would recommend to NEVER use the 70% Alcohol. How ever the 91% stuff is a kin to Moonshine but is a wood base product like Denatured Alcohol. I have never have had any issues with any thing. Have used this for over a year now. The jar was to be thrown away and I had the piece of cotton rope that was laying around so like I said it cost me nothing. If the wick ( rope ) gives out It won't cost me much to replace it. Just a quick walk across the shop.

I really made the first post as a quick fix for someone on another fishing forum that had a Heat Gun go out while working on a big order that had a short deadline. This happened on a Sunday afternoon. This is one of the reasons that I keep using the Redneck Alcohol Lamp.

Redman

P.S. If this post seems some what disjointed it because the cat is half laying on the keyboard

[Micropterus salmoides]

Heat gun, no percentages needed. No buying afterwards.
$15
I'm working on jigs, not studying musical notation, the noise would only be noticeable to me if I wasn't coddled and had too much money so that I may think otherwise.