[Amps] Fw: WD-40 is not....

[Jim Dawson]

It's not rare around here but it sure is expensive. I have run my torpedo heater
on diesel
fuel with no ill affects and it is almost affordable. I know several guys that
have run diesel
for years.

Jim - K9DD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ryan Foster" <foster.ryan at gmail.com>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] WD-40 is not....


> To pull the topic a little further off--  is it just me or is kerosene
> getting rare?  It is a pain to find anymore.  I just gave away my big
> torpedo garage heater (whatever you call those) because it ran on
> kerosene and I couldn't get any except at about $10 a gallon at one
> hardware store.  You used to be able to get it at at least a few gas
> stations...
>
> (That is though exactly why I burned that nest at night with diesel
> though too.  I figured they had to be similar, and if the diesel
> doesn't work the same way kerosene does, I can always light them
> up...)
>
> That carb cleaner one is good to know-- I'll keep that one in mind.
>
> --Ryan w8cya
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Alek Petkovic <vk6apk at bigpond.com> wrote:
>> Always keep a spray bottle filled with kerosene when working on or
>> opening roofs in the summer. The kero kills the paper wasps instantly
>> and it is cheap.
>>
>> Alek.
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