Jim alerted me to an error I had made in a previous post regarding denatured alcohol. When I worked in a chemical lab 10 years ago 2 types of ethanol, 95% and 99% were available. The 95% was distilled from water, and the 99% was distilled from benzene. That part is still true. Where I goofed up on was calling 99% denatured. The 99% is still unfit to drink because it contains benzene, however, it is called absolute alcohol, not denatured. Jim, I plead guilty, and will submit to my punishment to 20 lashes with a wet noodle. Denatured alcohol is the 95% stuff to which a poisonous solvent has been added to make it undrinkable. Larry Beach, RPT Vancouver BC Canada
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