do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? I asked at CVS
yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?

I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. And I'm guessing that it
can't be mail ordered

nate

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On May 10, 12:17*pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? *I asked at CVS
> yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
> a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
> be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?
>
> I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
> upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. *And I'm guessing that it
> can't be mail ordered

Any hardware store will carry it.

R

On May 10, 9:17*am, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? *I asked at CVS
> yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
> a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
> be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?
>
> I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
> upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. *And I'm guessing that it
> can't be mail ordered
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

http://www.zippocasemuseum.com/index...productdetails


they changed the formulation to "reduce odor & lessen possible skin
irritation", at least that's the party line, who knows? maybe
the EPA or air pollution considerations


you could try various naphthas, which are the "catch all name" for a
general group of different flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons

lighter ones (lower molecular weight / density) are probably what you
want....lighter fluids being towards the lighter end and hopefully
with the fewest impurities

cheers
Bob

Mineral spirits

RicodJour wrote:
> On May 10, 12:17 pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
>> do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? I asked at CVS
>> yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
>> a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
>> be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?
>>
>> I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
>> upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. And I'm guessing that it
>> can't be mail ordered
>
> Any hardware store will carry it.

My local hardware store told me to try CVS. CVS told me to try the
hardware store. I left neither with lighter fluid in my possession.

nate


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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Nate Nagel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>My local hardware store told me to try CVS. CVS told me to try the
>hardware store. I left neither with lighter fluid in my possession.

Go back to the hardware store and ask them for naphtha. It's the same thing.

On Sun, 10 May 2009 14:27:38 -0400, Nate Nagel <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>My local hardware store told me to try CVS. CVS told me to try the
>hardware store. I left neither with lighter fluid in my possession.

I have a small collection of Zippo lighters. Check out the site for a
location near you.

http://www.zippo.com/index.aspx?bhcp=1

Zippo lighter fluid.

Red Green <postmaster@127.0.0.1> writes:

>> You could also use naptha paint thinner. Essentially the same stuff.

>It's exactly the same as naptha. Look at the contents of a container of
>lighter fluid - Contents: naptha.

Yeah, but not all naptha is the same chemically. Naptha isn't a single
pure substance; it's a soup of several different hydrocarbons that all
have relatively low boiling points, and come off the distillation column
in the refinery near each other. If you're just going to burn it, it's
probably all pretty much equivalent, but if you're using it as a
solvent, you may care what it is chemically.

My own experience is that "lighter fluid" naptha and "paint thinner"
naptha are both pretty good are removing the adhesive from sticky
labels, while not attacking most plastics (at least over the span of a
minute or so). While "camping fuel" naptha is a lot more aggressive at
dissolving some plastics; I don't recommend it for sticky labels.

When I'm doing something particularly sensitive to contamination, like
cleaning gunk off a lens when water plus detergent (lens cleaner) and
alcohol won't touch it, I tend to use Ronsonol lighter fluid. It
evaporates with no residue.

You can often buy Xylene from the same shelves as generic "paint
thinner", and that's a well-defined single chemical compound no matter
who makes it. But it's a pretty strong solvent, and has a strong smell
too, so I avoid it when I can.

Dave

On May 10, 11:17*am, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? *I asked at CVS
> yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
> a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
> be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?
>
> I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
> upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. *And I'm guessing that it
> can't be mail ordered
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

If all else fails...try Coleman stove fuel. But be REAL carefull!!!

On May 10, 12:17*pm, Nate Nagel <njna...@roosters.net> wrote:
> do any drugstore chains still sell lighter fluid? *I asked at CVS
> yesterday and they recommended a tobacconist's, but I'm guessing that's
> a waste of time, as wouldn't someone who likes good cigars/pipe tobacco
> be using wood matches rather than a Zippo?
>
> I'd really just like to have some for cleaning small stains in
> upholstery, but it seems quite hard to find. *And I'm guessing that it
> can't be mail ordered
>
> nate
>
> --
> replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply.http://members.cox.net/njnagel

Walmart carries it near the tobacco section. Usually it's by one
register, down real low at floor level.