[at-l] Denatured alcohol container search

[askowronek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Amy)]

On Friday, April 11, 2003, at 02:07 PM, Bluetrail@aol.com wrote:

> My backpacking chemist/forensic scientist former boss tells me that
> denatured alcohol will eventually eat through the thinner plastics
> (like soda bottles).  Another backpacking friend, Rick Guhse, gallantly
> did a gas station dumpster dive for me, and he brought me a well washed
> out 16 oz. bottle that had once contained some sort of gasoline
> additive.  It was made of a heavier gauge plastic, and the chemist says
> it will hold up a whole lot longer.
>

The question is, how long is "eventually"?  My current plastic bottle
has been
on duty for about a year and a half.  Maybe I should retire it.

-amy