Fire Gel Fuel - Made from Egg Shells and Vinegar! 

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​@@BealsScienceIs that "homemade Sterno"?

I haven’t heard of that before. Thank you for sharing! I am going to look into it.

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I have composted my eggshells for the longest time. Time to change what I do with them.

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Ya, plants luv the shells w/vinegar mixture (though the vinegar ratio is much more), and the mixture needs to be aged a few weeks in a large jar (loose lid) before use as fertilzer. It's interesting to watch the shells go up and down while the process works its magic.

@@kellikelli4413 haha yes, love watching the eggshells go up then float down again. It's great for tomatoes and other fruit producing plants. I'm planning on making up a batch soon ready for the next growing season. Then I'll see what's left to make some gel fuel.

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Is Ethyl Alcohol the same as Rubbing Alcohol - I'll need to read the label.

@@kellikelli4413 They're not the same but it should work the same ...

​​@@kellikelli4413that's usually isopropyl, though you can find *denatured* (toxified to prevent/punish consumption) ethyl. I wouldn't use it just because it has extra contaminants that are reactive. Its also usually green Never tried isopropyl, but be aware it is a petroleum distillate and WILL dissolve plastics unlike the other alcohols. It might not react properly with the calcium acetate

@@kellikelli4413 ethyl alcohol is the kind you can drink, try everclear.

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Agreed. Along with soda can solar and this used in my home made tent stove in my garage is I'm sure the ticket to a warmer work space in my garage. Several or one lager can. I eat eggs and have the Vinegar too

Paper napkin calculation reveals that 100mL of 95% ethanol has about as much energy as 4.5 tablespoons of Crisco. A person might be better off using lard candles for heat instead of alcohol, and capturing the heat with some kind of thermal mass (some people use clay pots).

​@@tkenben Having burned a lot of lard candles with my grandpa camping, I'll happily exchange them in my clay pot heater for these. Burning lard is big stinky and attracts bears😅

Make sure you use ethanol not methanol! Pure ethanol won’t cause toxic fumes. Supposedly.

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reminds of those tire patching kits that you ignite to melt the rubber ~worked better than the crap today That entire legal strangle-hold structure is going away >>> God's Kingdom

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​@@BealsScience We need an experiment on whether one can "rehydrate" dried sterno with ethanol😁

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Things being made this easily is what most commercial products inventors realized. Right before they got stinking filthy rich

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+Chris Mercier of course! It is perfect for camping or backpacking!!

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​@@BealsScience The algorithm gods have apparently blessed this video, I'm seeing a lot of recent comments. I absolutely love this, as we often use vinegar in our house and save all of our egg shells for garden nutrients. Tomatoes need a lot of calcium, especially Romas, or they get a weird tip rot.

​​@@BealsScience Also, could a dessicant be used to remove more of the water from the gel? My understanding is that it's very difficult if not impossible to get ALL of the water out of ethanol, but could one remove all of the water from this gel compound, or enough to make the gel less runny? Or would the same rule apply with the bonding of water to ethanol?

Great idea.. and good reason for using my frosting squeeze to get itinto such places..thanks

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I guess I don’t know if this is similar or not but it would be neat to figure out how to make them!

Your best bet might be to use a small amount of isopropyl alcohol for your flame (instead of the gel). And if you want different colored flames I’ve got a video that shows how to make the colors ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L0YwNn9cMs0.html I hope that helps!

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This is great for preppers! 😁

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Harold Douglas that is a great idea! I especially like the idea of a soup can because they are cheap and will hold up to the heat! I Amy have to make Anne of your ‘kits’ for the classroom! Thanks for sharing!

Plain alcohol, any type, works just fine. Just don't spill it and start a fire or ruin your wood finish on the table. That's why people prefer gel. Safer.

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I am glad you liked the video and thanks for the sub! Industrial ethanol has a small amount of methanol added to it so that it isn't considered "drinking" alcohol because "drinking" alcohol is heavily taxed. So, you would not want to drink "Denatured Ethanol" because it can make you go blind (or worse). Burning ethanol and methanol has similar products (mostly CO2 and H2O) so the vapors are not harmful. As far as finding a book or resource for ideas? I don't have one single suggestion - I just do a lot of research once I have an idea and oftentimes, through that research, I find other reactions or ideas. Right now I have 37 pages of projects (with about 8 on each page) because I keep finding new things to try - the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know!

Such a good Idea I'm looking for a fuel thickener for my Molotov cocktail

@@fritzz1593 Try napalm.

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Substitute vodka for denatured ethanol...😂

Thank you! I will definitely look into it! I love getting suggestions and ideas for things I’ve never explored before! It may be a while though, I’ve got 6 experiments running right now. I blame it on my ADD...

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Thanks for the kind words! Do you know if the liquid is all alcohol or is it sodium acetate (or both)? You could pour some off and light it to try to tell.

@@BealsScience sodium acetate or calcium? I ignited it the liquid and it burns. When I made this batch yesterday, I used the proportions you specified and then added more of the alcohol to the left over acetate and that jelled too, so I kept adding the alcohol to the left over liquid until it would not gel anymore then discarded. Is it possible that there was not enough acetate to hold the bond permanently only temporarily when I did that?

Yes, calcium acetate - not sodium, sorry about that. Your thoughts about the amount of acetate could be correct but I am not entirely sure. I have found that it is important to pour off all excess alcohol after it has gelled and it is actually beneficial to leave it uncovered for a while. This allows any ethanol that is not in the acetate matrix to evaporate. Perhaps that will help?

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​@@BealsScience This also answers my question, many thanks!

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Hello! I agree with you and would advise against hearing a measuring cup on the stove. But you can definitely try the microwave! That should work as long as you can keep it from boiling over. I’ve never used metal pots for this so I don’t know if you will run into issues or not. Let me know how it turns out!

It should work as long as it's glass. Be careful with sudden temperature changes when using non tempered glass, as it can crack it the stress becomes too high, but I have been heating jars in the oven to sterilize them for canning so it absolutely works. Steel could rust when in contact with the acid, but it depends on how high grade of rust free it is. Acid resistant should be enough, and it's pretty common.

I had issues with methanol as well. I’m not entirely sure what can cause it to liquify after it has gelled. As far as the issue you are having with isopropyl, It could be the purity of the calcium acetate, but I wouldn’t be able to say for sure.

Shush is exactly what I'm looking for, and isopropyl is all I have. Looks like destiny laid things down perfectly!

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I believe you are correct! You could definitely get calcium oxide and then, as you mentioned, turn it into CaOH with the addition of water. I did a little searching to try to confirm the process of CaCO3 into CaOH using this route and found the following: www.hindawi.com/journals/tswj/2013/460923/ Very cool idea!

Yeah I watched a video by Corporals Corner where he made Roman concrete from sea shells and was wondering if Egg shells could be used as well. Thanks for the reply. This is his video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tOhAfaFboNU.html

Thanks for sharing the video! I hadn't seen that one but it brings up a lot of ideas in my head!

Thanks that probably would be pretty awesome to make concrete from egg shells.. I couldn't find any videos on it so it would be the first video on it if somebody did it.

Do you think there is something that could be done with the eggshell concrete that would be more creative than using it as mortar or making blocks? Maybe something fun and something that had a practical application?

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Boy I would not want to be hanging by you in an emergency situation. I found the video interesting. In fact I have a jar, I have a cooking bulb/ syringe with mm measurements, I have vinegar,eggs ( possible old calcium tablets or caulk, then there is that caulk rock. Plus I have a fine strainer , nylons/ coffee filters the alcohol is really the only thing I need. One thing I found out. I bought those Sternos can. If the get warm or changes in the temp the seal can leak. Rather have in a jar with a seal lid . But cost in an emergency ..helpful. The other is to take oil put a tight roll toilet paper inside a tin can place a stand up candle stick or strings off of a cotton rag mop or a braid off cotton mop or Make a wick. The top you cut off if can you make a slit to make the width of flame. Put a breath hole on lid Thread wick thru the slit. Fill vegetable or alcohol into can. Place lid on and lit. But you will go to the store or order by case. You are not always at home when she hits the fan.

@@journeybrook9357 I can understand how making Sterno at home could be a life threatening situation. Don't worry child you will never be near me in any situation as I won't allow. You will be easy to spot you will be the person who looks like he smells like pee.

@@TheMickeymental you miss understand. Making it is not life threatening. Twisting from your first statement to the opposite. Which was you would have to go buy everything and the cost would be extreme to make it. And it would be cheaper and better to buy it by the case. My point was you could make a batch with most of what you all ready have at home. And during a let's say tornado hits or a flood all that stuff was at home the stores are empty or looted or closed. So resourceful skill and the knowledge of making this or other ways to cook can be life saving. Also it is cheap for me to make it my self if I wish to. Thank you for your comment.

@@journeybrook9357 I wss joking with the guy, he got ti. Now get the hell away from me you very odd person.

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A fondue can be chunks of bread dipped in cherry brandy then dipped in melted cheese - gorgeous. But there is also a meat fondue where you spear chunks of meat and cook them in the hot oil that's in the fondue pot - also very nice. 2 different fondues ........ both popular in Switzerland.

A quick search online will show you that fondue is used with cheese and oil. Oil is used for cooking meats - you can eat the meat as-is or dip it in cheese.

Ah yes there's also chocolate fondue .......... very dangerous 😀👍

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