Clean Esbit Pots

[Michael Wands]

I use Esbit tabs with a 600 Ti mug to heat my water. Hate the brown gunk that sticks to the bottom of my mug. I found the perfect method to clean my pot. After the pot cools, I rub with an alcohol swab that contains 70% Isopropyl Alcohol. This melts the gunk away and liquifies it. A single square of TP wipes the pot completely clean!!!!!

These swabs are the types used by diabetics to prepare for injection – you can get 100 for about $1.00 at Walgreens.

[Bob Gross]

A few drops of Windex works also.

Normally I roughen up the residue surface with steel wool, then drop some Windex on it. Let it work for a while and then wipe it off.

–B.G.–

[Jay Wilkerson]

Creek bed sand,leafs and maybe a small stick if need be for crust. So easy a caveman could do it!

[Mark Verber]

I used the damp teabag from the tea I just made before the residue fully hardens. Most of it comes right off.

[Dale Wambaugh]

The alcohol swabs make handy emergency fire starters too. Add some tinder and a spark.

I just clean it off when I get home. Some things are supposed to be a little dirty when camping :)

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