Ethanol

[NoBozo]

Originally Posted by Rubberguy

I am a chem major (33 years in industrial chemistry) and must confess I have never encountered a non-aqueous enzyme. At first read, I thought that you can accomplish the same thing with acetone which will disolve water and yet stay in solution in the gasoline. Methyl alcohol does the same thing (dry gas) but is not as efficent. Gums and varnish can also be dissolved using xylene as an additive. Xylene is a bit hard to find, but I believe Home Depot has it near the paint department. Be careful with it though, it will eat paint!

Hi Rubberguy. I just KNEW you were technically informed. I think the screename gave it away. I'm a retired mechanical engineer. I asked you in the "Engine Stalls" Thread what would be a good substitute for Nitrile Rubber in an Ethanol envirnment.

My saved technical data (when I retired) concerning "materials" is almost 30 years old. I used to work in the nuclear industry and "Ethylene Propylene" was the stuff we used for seals in nuclear applications. ...Now we have Ethanol. What do you think?

The other consideration is....what is available to the common man without having to order a minimum 1000 pieces. NB