How long does petrol stay flammable?

[Geordie_Rob]

(5 February 2013, 22:12)NorthernRaider Wrote:

(5 February 2013, 21:37)Highlander Wrote:

(5 February 2013, 20:40)NorthernRaider Wrote: Treat it with fuel stabiliser like wynns or Sta-Bil then it will store for a few years.

Can you give a bit more info on that Nr please,.. i.e. how much do you add

Depends on the size of the bottle you buy, The last bottle of Wynnes fuel stabiliser I got held about 300 mils and it treated 50 litres IIRC.
I use it to treat the diesel and petrol I set aside in Jerry Cans. You can get it off E bay, Mail order and often from ships chandlers / boat yards.

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(5 February 2013, 20:49)Geordie_Rob Wrote: I might just go for turps or something instead.

Cheers guys

Try parafin

Paraffin only really takes a flame off a wick of some sort in my experience. I've dropped matches in cups of paraffin & it's gone out.

I've got a really cool flame gun for my garden that's basically like a big Tilly lamp but shoots a flame out instead of illuminating a mantle. It allegedly gets to something daft like 3000 degrees. I was drying the pavement with it during a rainstorm once to test it out. Bloody good bit of kit.