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Re: [at-l] Firelog cubes as Esbit fuel
To view, hear, and read about what 3 gallons of liquid oxygen and 60
pounds of charcoal will do, visit:
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Bruce Dreyer
The Wizard wrote:
>
> At 01:48 PM 6/12/00 -0400, Disc n Dog wrote:
> >2) The firelog cubes soot up my pots REAL bad and this makes a unpleasant
> mess.
> >Any tricks to reduce the sooting or mess?
>
> The soot is due to imcomplete combustion. Solution is simple. You need to
> use a little Liquid Oxygen (LO2) to help speed things along. L02 and
> charcoal is the time-honored formula but should work nicely with your
> little firelog gimmick, too. Best is to purchase L02 prepackaged in
> capsule form, to lessen chances of , well, loss of purity. Experiment to
> find the best ratio, or size, of L02 capsule to use with each fuel cube.
> And, oh, let us know if any of your equipment survives...
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