[meteorite-list] First call for alcohol.
From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:54:56 -0800 Message-ID: <C3F715D0.14BDE%mlblood_at_cox.net> Say Mr, Watch what you say about tie-dyes! Michael on 3/7/08 12:35 PM, mexicodoug at aim.com at mexicodoug at aim.com wrote: > Michael B. wrote: > > "If you want to be really fussy, (I am) rinse with 95% to 99% alcohol > after and dry in the oven with the pilot light. > The very cheapest you can get is in Mexico - any drug store." > > Hi Michael and McCartney, List amigos, > > Of course, you can never be too "fussy", cutting meteorites is an art - > No one can be too good, but being questionable or bad is easy, and and > only the test of time will determine whether being cavalier about it is > ok: like whether tie-dye Tee shirts and bell bottom pants will still be > OK in public 10 or 100 years even if someone says it is great right now! > > If your rocks have been rained on, or even semi-humid places like > Austin have water in the air where distilled water gets in and on the > slices anyway, it is kind of hard to see why distilled water couldn't > work properly dried. > > Enjoy any cheap alcohol from Mexico while you can. I can't get it in > any drugstore at all in my state anymore. The price is going up and we > are in the process of migrating to 70% around the country. You > generally can't get isopropanol in Mexico, by the way. It's all > ethanol, basically nearly pure grain but not food grade. The Drunk bum > special, really hasn't killed anyone yet. This industrial grade is > usually not denatured (though this too is changing or will change, > too), so most of the time it ends up in those mixed drinks in bars in > Tijuana that seem to be great deals. I guess you get what you pay for > :-) Technically, you have a limit on how much of this you can bring > into the US through customs after a run to the border unless you find > denatured stuff but probably you could still get away with it. Limit > to Texas is about one liter now of non-denatured ethanol. > > Congrats McCartney, look forward to hearing more abut your adventure, > glad you seem to have a nice time after being quiet for some time... > > Best wishes and Great Health, > Doug > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Fri 07 Mar 2008 06:54:56 PM PST |
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