Devilsown Methanol Alcohol Water Injection - View Single Post

soldave · 06-11-2008

OK, a little update after a 5-hour shopping excursion I've been on looking for methanol. Have visited every large car supplies store on the island, as well as most of the shops which sell hardware/camping equipment (except one which was closed when I got there) and about 10 different pharmacies.

WWF: Not great news. The cheapest stuff here in Okinawa is 5% methanol, and the most expensive ($10 for 2l) was still only 30%. Guess the fact that we don't get cold weather means there is no demand for anything higher.

Camping/hardware stores: No joy at all. All the lanterns use gasoline, butane, propane or similar. Not a single one used ethanol or methanol.

Pharmacies: Very limited success. At the last pharmacy I found they had a small supply of 95% methanol/5% ethanol. This stuff cost $8/l so to half fill my tank (the rest being water for a 50/50 mix) would cost me about $40. Ethanol and rubbing alcohol was the same price. Unfortunately, they only had 2l of it. So I've bought the methanol/alcohol mix but am no idea what I'm going to do in the long term. It's looking either very expensive or that I'll have to go for a very weak meth/water mix.

06-11-2008	#16 (permalink)
soldave Alcohol Injection Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 42	Re: Meth with Toluene? OK, a little update after a 5-hour shopping excursion I've been on looking for methanol. Have visited every large car supplies store on the island, as well as most of the shops which sell hardware/camping equipment (except one which was closed when I got there) and about 10 different pharmacies. WWF: Not great news. The cheapest stuff here in Okinawa is 5% methanol, and the most expensive ($10 for 2l) was still only 30%. Guess the fact that we don't get cold weather means there is no demand for anything higher. Camping/hardware stores: No joy at all. All the lanterns use gasoline, butane, propane or similar. Not a single one used ethanol or methanol. Pharmacies: Very limited success. At the last pharmacy I found they had a small supply of 95% methanol/5% ethanol. This stuff cost $8/l so to half fill my tank (the rest being water for a 50/50 mix) would cost me about $40. Ethanol and rubbing alcohol was the same price. Unfortunately, they only had 2l of it. So I've bought the methanol/alcohol mix but am no idea what I'm going to do in the long term. It's looking either very expensive or that I'll have to go for a very weak meth/water mix.