What Fuels Do People Use

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Permalink Reply by Nick Nomad on March 6, 2009 at 12:15pm

Pre-pac paraffin (the brand they always sell in petrol stations), seems to me to be the best. It's by far the cleanest burning paraffin i have used (in terms of smoke and fumes), and has a longer burn time.

I avoid hardware chain brands (stuff from B&Q etc.), as it is always poor quality, really smokey and on occasion has actually made me feel quite ill from the fumes it gives off.

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Permalink Reply by jay on March 6, 2009 at 10:04pm

yeah .I have felt ill from B&Q,s kerosene/perosene "parrafin" .. . garden centers too seem to have extreamly hot buring fuels( usefull for greenhouses , not usefull to fuel fire balls ) . i always try to stay away from cheap clear fuels too ,for fear of nasty cleanring chems ill be sure to look out for it ..
might be a nice idea to do some fuel testing get a golbal census on fuel bands/types, quialty, price , ????

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Permalink Reply by Daina AkA **Ember Rose** on March 9, 2009 at 4:58am

we use the camp type fuel and lattern fuel

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Permalink Reply by jay on March 10, 2009 at 2:33pm

Daina AkA **Ember Rose** said:

we use the camp type fuel and lattern fuel

Cool yeah guess the same as me , is that a naptha based fuel, the camping gas type stuff ???
the only camp fuel we get in this country comes in pressureized cans so its a bit hard to find a good quantity of the stuff but lantern feul is in abundance , it just doesnt light quick enough for transfers .. i have found other sorces of naptha fuel but its very expensive .. if only the postal service would ship fuels..

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Permalink Reply by jay on March 10, 2009 at 2:38pm

HAS ANY ONE EVERY HEARD OF FIRE WATER??
think it came from germany a vegatable based fuel not as toxic as petro chems???
im guessing its an oil .. but if any one knows where to get it or has heard of it id love to hear from you :)
peace and cake

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Permalink Reply by Brian on March 10, 2009 at 5:10pm

Lets break this down a little more ... "What fuel do you use for which art?" Some of the things people use for poi I would never put in my mouth.

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Permalink Reply by jay on March 11, 2009 at 11:47am

totally agree with you there brian ... i am very carefull of how any times a month i eat fire , try to keep it to once or twice and breathing i rarely do just because i cant find a fuel im happy putting in my mouth ..... .powder is ok .. but i cant get it to look as impressive as with a liquid .... what do you use ...and for what arts ( i guess i shgould have been a little clearer sorry )

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Permalink Reply by Mr Joe on March 11, 2009 at 4:22pm

Firewater as available in Australia isn't available in the UK so the closest thing you're likely to find is ShellSol or D60, I think. Seem to have very similar properties/flashpoint etc :)

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Permalink Reply by nadia.sophia on March 19, 2009 at 6:48am

Ummm well, for my poi and staff, I found this out through trial and error, I was never very good in chemistry lol so i don't know anything about flash points, though i should, i gather it would be beneficial...anyway, in order to travel lightly, my fuel bag is rather small, where i insert my quart size paint can. In this paint can i mix about 1/3 Ultra Pure lamp oil and the rest I fill with Coleman's camp fuel. I mix these so that the flame is bigger (and hotter...) (camp fuel) and so that it lasts longer (lamp oil). I can't use just fuel...it doesn't last as long, and frankly, I hate it :). In addition, Ultra Pure and Coleman's are well known brands, and they are simply very convenient. I would however really really like to find out more about biodegradable fuels!

Nadia

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Permalink Reply by CJ on March 22, 2009 at 10:26pm

i use a fuel called 'shellite' for poi. it seems to burn really well however, it isnt cheap.

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Permalink Reply by Chemigal on March 23, 2009 at 1:00pm

i use whatevers going spare :)

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Permalink Reply by Kim Andre on March 31, 2009 at 9:12am

nadia.sophia said:

. I would however really really like to find out more about biodegradable fuels!

Nadia

Yeah I would like to know some of it myself. I cant get pure methanol cause its only for idustrial use and I dont have friends in there but I can get fairly good ethanol (85% ethanol, 15% benzin) Im not sure how good that mix is for my poi though.

except for that do I use mostly lamp oil.

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