We have a meeting coming up; gotta have the ladies ready to go. I used the wrong meths and blackened the mantle with soot; I’ve got to let it burn off now.
Hello Tony, Yes, I normally use denatured alcohol; what I found in the shed was a product for thinning paint. While it would burn it produced a nasty black film all over everything it touched. I picked up some proper alcohol today and it works very well with a clean burning flame.
@John I did the same some time ago. I grabbed a bottle of Shellite, sold in a similar bottle to the meths, without looking and used it in the meths cup, it burnt very smokily leaving a black sooty residue all over the mantle ...... bugger! Cheers Pete
Some nice lamps there, John. Especially the Coleman! I'm surprised that you have so few American lamps.
@Carlsson Coleman has its place in my collection; they are great running lamps and seldom give me trouble. They just sit farther from the shed door.
