is it safe? because I havent read about anyone using kero in alcohol stove.
I remember reading somewhere that kero is less inflammable then alcohol. So by adding a wick can I make it work?
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It's not recommended! I tried this many, many years ago when I ran out of alcohol and found some kerosene in a mountain hut. I soaked bits of cardboard in it, put them in the alcohol burner and lit it. The smoke was horrible, my pans became very sooty and the smell was awful but it did boil water – very slowly.
Actually I did make a stove of a small flav. milk can with wick in the hole on the top. Within a minute my pot bottom turned sooty as you described.
I just wanted someone to tell me it couldnt be done (or 'It's not recommended!') so that I could move on. thank you Chris for saving my time!
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