| Eerie Green Flame |
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| How-to: I used denatured alcohol as the fuel in a standard alcohol lamp from a child's chemistry set. I think that plain ethanol or methanol would also work, as would a tiki torch or hurricane lamp (but I haven't tried these yet). Denatured alcohol --Get this at Home Depot or Lowes. It's also used in marine stoves Boric acid --Small quantities available online (1, 2) Borax is supposed to work also, but I've not tried this. |
| I added only 5 or 6 tiny scoops of boric acid to 2 ounces of alcohol. It dissolves easily with a little stirring. |
| This is the resulting flame, seen with the lights on. It's much more impressive in the dark, as seen in the picture at the top of this page. The 2 ounces or so of alcohol in this lamp burned for about 15 minutes. |
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