denatured alcohol
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Ontario,Canada
Posts: 49
denatured alcohol
I was wondering about denatured alcohol.We do not have anything in Canada called that I was wondering if it is the same as menthol hydrate.I know this is not archery related directly.But I was told it is a good cleaner for preping arrow shafts before glueing.
#2
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: denatured alcohol
Usually it is just alcohol that is denatured with other distillates. Usually a hydrocarbon of sorts. Lots of time the hydrocarbon is the same as gasoline.
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: denatured alcohol
You mean methyl hydrate, I guess. They are not the same, but can be used the same way. Be sure to wear rubber gloves with the methyl alcohol though. It's worse about drying out your skin than denatured is, and denatured is pretty bad.
#4
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Ontario,Canada
Posts: 49
RE: denatured alcohol
I hear you I have used methyl hydrate before and it does dry your skin out pretty bad.The guy at my bowshop like to use it all the time for prepping arrows before he put's any kind of glue on the shaft,it really atacks oil and dries it up.I think I will use the methyl hydrate just because I have looked for years to get denatured alcohol but have not seen it in any store's in Canada.
#5
RE: denatured alcohol
Denatured alcohol is ethanol which has been rendered toxic or otherwise undrinkable, and in some cases dyed. It is used for purposes such as fuel for spirit burners and camping stoves, and as a solvent. Traditionally, the main additive was 10% methanol, which gave rise to methylated spirits. There are diverse industrial uses for ethanol, and therefore literally hundreds of recipes for denaturing ethanol. Typical additives are methanol, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, denatonium,[1] and even (uncommonly) aviation gasoline.
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,195
RE: denatured alcohol
Although just as bad for you as denatured alcohol is, acetone will work just as good. Just be sure to prep the vanes too. I still have some arrows that I've preped the arrows as well as the vanes with acetone and am still shooting them a couple of years later through a wisker biskit and they haven't came off yet. Once they're on, they're on.
#7
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Hartford WI
Posts: 22
RE: denatured alcohol
I use regular 91% isopropyl alcohol .You should be able to get it any drug store or pharmacy.I had read somewhere that regular 70% rubbing alcohol is not recommended because it contains a slight amount of oil.The 91% is used for preperation of the skin prior to an injection.
I got mine at a Walgreens and it was only a couple of bucks
I got mine at a Walgreens and it was only a couple of bucks
#8
RE: denatured alcohol
ORIGINAL: ubetcha
I use regular 91% isopropyl alcohol .You should be able to get it any drug store or pharmacy.I had read somewhere that regular 70% rubbing alcohol is not recommended because it contains a slight amount of oil.The 91% is used for preperation of the skin prior to an injection.
I got mine at a Walgreens and it was only a couple of bucks
I use regular 91% isopropyl alcohol .You should be able to get it any drug store or pharmacy.I had read somewhere that regular 70% rubbing alcohol is not recommended because it contains a slight amount of oil.The 91% is used for preperation of the skin prior to an injection.
I got mine at a Walgreens and it was only a couple of bucks
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 7,876
RE: denatured alcohol
ORIGINAL: Simp
Although just as bad for you as denatured alcohol is, acetone will work just as good. Just be sure to prep the vanes too.
Although just as bad for you as denatured alcohol is, acetone will work just as good. Just be sure to prep the vanes too.
When the can of acetone no longer works, get another.
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: DFW
Posts: 1,195
RE: denatured alcohol
ORIGINAL: nodog
Better. Some vanes don't require preping. I remove the nock and stick the shaft right in the can, let it sit a few minutes and wipe it off with a paper towel. It will, unlike alchohol remove super glued vanes. The only thing that will.
When the can of acetone no longer works, get another.
Better. Some vanes don't require preping. I remove the nock and stick the shaft right in the can, let it sit a few minutes and wipe it off with a paper towel. It will, unlike alchohol remove super glued vanes. The only thing that will.
When the can of acetone no longer works, get another.