Alcohol Wipes

Advertise with us
Shop deals on ebay
L&R
Modern Muzzleloading Forum

Help Support Modern Muzzleloading Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
You guys are missing the written word, and confusing "menthenol" with "methanol".


menthenol

noun

men·the·nol | \ ˈmenˌthēˌnȯl, -nōl \
plural -s

Definition of menthenol

: a monohydroxy alcohol C10H17OH (as terpineol) derived from a menthene

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/menthenol


meth·a·nol

/ˈmeTHəˌnôl,ˈmeTHəˌnōl/

noun CHEMISTRY

a toxic, colorless, volatile flammable liquid alcohol, originally made by distillation from wood and now chiefly by oxidizing methane

Formula: CH3OH

https://www.google.com/search?q=def...&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&inm=vs#tts=0
 
The main ingredient in denatured alcohol is ethanol the others are added to make it unfit to drink. Some a very few contain more methanol than ethanol.But ethanol is still considered the main ingredient always first on the MSDS.Denatured alcohol always contains ethanol but it does not always contain methanol.There was no listing of menthenol anywhere.The cheaper brands contain more methanol its cheaper than ethanol.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Consider this...

Why is ISO used all the time in the medical field and methanol is not?...Well methanol is a considered a toxic skin irritant. Its recommended to flush skin with water after contact. ISO skin contact is nearly harmless. Its used all the time even to sterilize a wound.

ISO-HEET is 98.5% isopropyl and the remainder is not specified. Its cheap and easy to find. There are even off brands ive seen that list it as 100%.
 
ourway77 said:
These are 100% alcohol they are used to clean the skin before injections I tied them on my arm and the solution dies very fast
Click to expand...

If you end up liking them you can buy non medical grade wipes for much less. They are usually around 70% alcohol. They might be better or might not for Triple7. When shooting BH209 i prefer the least amount of water possible. That is why i suggested looking at the ISO-HEET or a similar isopropyl based fuel line deicer. Places like AutoZone carry off brands cheaper. Its easy enough to make your own and you can adjust the mix ratio for whatever powder you are shooting.
 
I use a 91% rubbing alcohol when I use alcohol at all on any of my BP guns. That ISO-heat is another product I have used in the past as well, moreso when used for de-greasing and cleaning my cnc aluminum injection molds. ISO-heat leaves no film or residue at all, but like all alcohols the cap should be preplaced quite snugly or the product can do a disappearing act..
 
GM54-120 said:
If you end up liking them you can buy non medical grade wipes for much less. They are usually around 70% alcohol. They might be better or might not for Triple7. When shooting BH209 i prefer the least amount of water possible. That is why i suggested looking at the ISO-HEET or a similar isopropyl based fuel line deicer. Places like AutoZone carry off brands cheaper. Its easy enough to make your own and you can adjust the mix ratio for whatever powder you are shooting.
Click to expand...
While shooting using White Hots recently, I cleaned/swabbed with a mix of 70% rubbing alcohol and Windex between shots. It seemed to do well. 91% alcohol would be better, but what I had available worked. I do have some ISO-HEET on hand, and will give that a try.
 
If you are making your own patches the % probably is not such a big deal when using Windex. Just use less Windex. Its mostly water anyway. The percentage for me though shooting BH209 is a different matter if mixing with solvents like Hoppes which is kerosene based. One reason i use BH209 is because i dont want to use water based solvents.

For those that want to swab using BH209 a mix of Hoppes and isopropyl is a good choice. Pretty sure that is what Bestill uses.
 

Similar threads

B
Shooters World Powder
Replies
1
Views
269
Blacksheep
B
V
Traditions Striker Fire Problem
Replies
3
Views
537
Va Hunter
V
Tom Wall (Sheriff)
Prussian blue
Replies
2
Views
442
Tom Wall (Sheriff)
Tom Wall (Sheriff)
Omidv
My youngest’s first time hunting
Replies
19
Views
581
Dieselden454
Dieselden454
drpatton
After you clean your rifle from firing it at the range, what do you use to clean and preserve the stock?
Replies
16
Views
851
sheriffjohn
S

Latest posts

Back
Top