Alternatives to acetone?
 

Anything maybe less stinky or flammable?

Clear Springs grain alcohol


works great with Hawian punch too

Odorless mineral spirits the only data I could find on it said freezing point of -76

Also said boiling point of 340 so pretty sure that is in F, and would freeze up with DIce


Just need a couple shots of grain in there right? that might be doable.

Isn't grain alcohol as flammable as acetone? Don't top fuel cars run on that shit?

91% alcohol worked o.k. for me. I dunno which one was worst, the acetone or the alcohol. Both of them are really jacked up when you're sealed in an airtight office with an a/c unit circulating fumes.

The acetone fumes make u jumpy.

The alcohol fumes make your eyes burn and you can taste it after an 8 hour binge.

Ventillation is kinda important.

Yeah grain alcohol is flammable I thought it might be less fumy though especially at -70C

If I have a tracking number on my CPU tomorrow, I will pick up some rubber eraser and I guess hit Homedepot and grab some dryer vent and some acetone :(

I got warm clothes so will just crack on window a smidge and have a HS yate pushing fumes out the other window.

We used Grain when I was dicing witj D and Gun back in Janruary

worked great... i did not notice the fumes .... but I may be immune to them ...... LOL

Might just make me thirsty


(Remember Rich finish the Benches before the bottle)

Isopropyl alcohol did the trick for me and I dont really remember it being really stinky. :cool3:

Hmm not sure if I have any 91% laying around still might have chucked them, simple enough to go get some more though :)

Ive got a bottle of mint rubbing alchohol, smells like Listerine.

Use vodka :thumbsup:

Was just gonna say that. I can't remember what temp it freezes at but I can find out. Ever Clear has a lower freezing point but I just can't get any out here.

I use it with the Phantom Dual Wall setup at max LN2 temps it did freeze solid.

Here you go...

• Wood alcohol (methanol)
– freezes at -97.8° C (-144.0° F)
– boils at 64.7° C (148.5°F)
• Grain alcohol (ethanol)
– freezes at -114.1° C (-173.4° F) -- Everclear Alcohol? Something 180+ Proof
– boils at 78.5° C (173.3° F)
• Liquors:
– 24 proof liquor freezes at -6.7°C (20°F)
– 64 proof liquor freezes at -23.33°C (-10°F)
– 84 proof liquor freezes at -34.44°C (-30°F)
• Isopropyl Alcohol
– 90% isopropyl freezes around -90.0°C

That would be a terrible waste of perfectly good Vodka ???? :shock:

Does alcohol evaporate like mad out of your pot so you have to keep adding it?

Yea you just have to keep an eye on it

But we were adding very small amounts like a cap or two at a time

hmm interesting, with the Phantom I did not have to add any, maybe because the container is so big that I didnt notice.

Be carefull adding room temp alcohol to some thats -70c :ohcrap:

That makes for the best pics as the steam rolls across the rack ........:thumbsup:

Kinda erry looking and mad scientist like ........ :clapping:

I like acetone. Alcohol tends to gel, acetone doesn't. Just a matter of preference though, whatever works for the individual.

Hmm weird I did not have a lot of problems with the 99% isopropyl evaporating... it did turn to Jelly in the DIce snow though. Methinking it was only 70% and they just slapped a 99% label on it

Useing Acetone this weekend and it worked great ...

fumes don't bother me one bit ..... I can eat that shit for breakfast ..... :ohcrap:

Yeah I just bought a bottle of acetone yesterday, and looks like I will not be DIcing for a while LOL.. hmm maybe on the i7...

You say that, but then you get the shakes when you drive near the source... then say fork it and buy 30 lbs. Then drive home @ 90mph so you can hurry up and get your fix..... it's ok, we all do it.

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