Fire Gel Fuel - Made from Egg Shells and Vinegar!
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2017
- Craig Beals shows how to make Fire Gel Fuel similar to Sterno with things you have in your kitchen!
Gel fuel is used for Survival Kits, Camping, Cooking, Fireplace, Warming Trays, Fondue, S'Mores and a whole lot more. Craig shows how egg shells or chalk (Calcium carbonate) react with vinegar (Acetic acid) to form Calcium Acetate (the gel in Gel Fuel). The gel forms with the addition of an alcohol which allows the gel fuel to burn!
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This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information outlined in this video, you assume responsibility for the results. As with any experiment, proceed at your own risk.
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6 years later and you are still providing wonderful info. Thank you.
Teachers like you, going back to my 4th grade, are the reason I love science. Thanks!
The best part is that once the alcohol is burned away, the Calcium Acetate is left behind ready for another go. Just add some more Ethanol, rinse and repeat!
Now YOU are the kind of teacher I wish I had back in the day. But the one I had was pretty cool. Thank you.
In South Africa there are several brands of "green fuel" which consists of calcium carbonate and methanol from fermented sugar cane. They are sold in 750ml, 1.5ml and 5 litre plastic containers. Since South Africa is plagued by rolling blackouts, I have been using that fuel for boiling water, frying food, making rice, pasta or soup for well over a decade. It even works to heat your hands in winter when there is no other laternative.
I have to thank you for jogging my memory of making gelled fuel. I made the same thing forty plus years ago. Just am amazed how we take things for granted and just pay the business manufactures who really pad the cost of everything.
Awesome! I knew about making calcium acetate from eggshells and vinegar, I make it for fertilizer. I was beginning to accumulate a lot of eggshells and was thinking of putting some into the composter even though they take a long time to break down. Having some gel fuel could come in very handy so I'm going to give it a try.
How fortunate I came across this in my feed... I just ordered a six-pack of the "green" chafing dish fuel canisters. They use ethanol gel fuel and don't burn as long as the fuel that comes in the standard Sterno chafing canisters (whatever that is), but they burn hotter, which is what I want. I noticed they can be refilled, so I've been shopping for something to refill them with.
Works as charm (in my case even better :) ) . I did ground eggshells down to fine, flour size powder and use 9% vinegar (for canning) instead of home made (its a bit weak and it takes loooong time to get through those eggshells). Also, comparing burning times and effectiveness, homemade beats commercial ( Volume of water per same weight of gel fuel).
That lid trick is going to change my life!
This is wonderful! Living in a small travel trailer electricity is expensive because of no insulation, Buddy Heaters are kind of scary and propane is getting expensive as well. So trying this will hopefully help. Thank you so much BealsScience!😍🙏
Me and my childhood friends ( 7-10 yrs old ) used to play wildly with “ jelly charcoal grill lighter “ 😮😮😮. It was in 1970s . I came to learn it was NAPALM . made by giant companies that made napalm . Crazy ! We absolutely loved it as kids . Cause you could flick it and it would stay lit 🔥 and cling to whatever you flicked it at . Namely a close friend 😊such cross marketing by the company . Got discontinued, the stuff was crazy beyond dangerous. If you burned your hand bbq-ing , and flicked the can …..you’d set all your dinner guests on fire 😅
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Awesome I won cases of this stuff at an auction a while back and use it all the time when it is cold outside. I did not know it was this easy to make though!🤗
Although oil would be my go to choice in an emergency I gotta say I loved this video and seeing how easy it can be to make this type of fuel source. I also like the little beer can alcohol stoves
You can also use snail shells too . Same processes as egg shells .
So clever and easy to make. Thanks for ideas.
Great vid, very fun, informative, and practical!
Thanks!! I bought about ten cans of that stuff to keep a stock for later use and even though they seemed to be sealed up nice and tight; they all dried up. Thanks, to you, I can just make some now.