A text phile typed by Elric of Imrryr from the book:
Improvised Munitions Handbook (TM 31-210), published by the
Dept of the Army, 1969.
All information is provided only for information purposes
only. Construction and/or use may violate local, state,
and/or federal laws. (Unless your name is Ollie North)
Gelled or paste type fuels are often preferable to raw
gasoline for use in incendiary devices such as fire bottles. This
type fuel adheres more readily to the target and produces greater
heat concentration.
Several methods are shown for gelling gasoline using
commonly available materials. The methods are divided into the
following categories based on the major ingredient:
1. Lye Systems
2. Lye-Alcohol Systems
3. Soap-Alcohol Systems
4. Egg White Systems
6. Wax Systems
Lye Systems
Lye (also know as caustic soda or Sodium Hydroxide) can be
used in combination with powdered rosin or castor oil to gel
gasoline for use as a flame fuel which will adhere to target
surfaces.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
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60 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or
motor vehicle
2 (flake) or Lye Drain cleaner, Food store or
1 (powder) making of soap Drug store
15 Rosin Manufactoring Paint store,
Paint & Varnish chemical supply
house
or
Castor Oil Medicine Food and Drug
stores
PROCEDURE
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|CAUTION: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area |
| when mixing the flame fuel. NO SMOKING! |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1. Pour gasoline into jar, bottle or other container. (DO NOT USE
AN ALUMINUM CONTAINER.)
2. IF rosin is in cake form, crush into small pieces.
3. Add rosin or castor oil to the gasoline and stir for about
five minutes to mix thoroughly.
4. In a second container (NOT ALUMINUM) add lye to an equal
volume of water slowly with stirring.
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|CAUTION: Lye solution can burn skin and destroy clothing. If |
| any is spilled, wash away immediately with large quantities |
| of water. |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
5. Add lye solution to the gasoline mix and stir until mixture
thickens (about one minute).
NOTE: The sample will eventually thicken to a very firm
paste. This can be thinned, if desired, by stirring in
additional gasoline.
Lye-Alcohol Systems
Lye (also know as caustic soda or Sodium Hydroxide) can be
used in combination with alcohol and any of several fats to gel
gasoline for use as a flame fuel.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
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60 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or
motor vehicle
2 (flake) or Lye Drain cleaner, Food store or
1 (powder) making of soap Drug store
3 Ethyl Alcohol Whiskey Liquor store
Medicine Drug store
NOTE: Methyl (wood) alcohol or isopropyl (rubbing)
alcohol can be substituted for ethyl alcohol, but their
use produces softer gels.
14 Tallow Food Fats rendered by
Making of soap cooking the
meat or suet of
animals.
NOTE: The following can be substituted for the tallow:
(a) Wool grease (Lanolin) (very good) -- Fat extracted
from sheep wool
(b) Castor Oil (good)
(c) Any vegetable oil (corn, cottenseed, peanut, linseed,
etc.)
(d) Any fish oil
(e) Butter or oleo margarine
It is necessary when using substitutes (c) to (e) to double the
given amount of fat and of lye for satistfactory bodying.
PROCEDURE
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|CAUTION: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area |
| when mixing the flame fuel. NO SMOKING! |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1. Pour gasoline into jar, bottle or other container. (DO NOT USE
AN ALUMINUM CONTAINER.)
2. Add tallow (or substitute) to the gasoline and stir for about
1/2 minute to dissolve fat.
3. Add alcohol to the gasoline mixture. Mix thoroughly.
4. In a separate container (NOT ALUMINUM) slowly add lye to an
equal volume of water. Mixture should be stirred constantly
while adding lye.
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|CAUTION: Lye solution can burn skin and destroy clothing. If |
| any is spilled, wash away immediately with large quantities |
|of water. |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
5. Add lye solution to the gasoline mixture and stir occasionally
until thickened (about 1/2 hour)
NOTE: The sample will eventually (1 to 2 days) thicken
to a very firm paste. This can be thinned, if desired,
by stirring in additional gasoline.
Soap-Alcohol System
Common household soap can be used in combination with
alcohol to gel gasoline for use as a flame fuel which will adhere
to target surfaces.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
--------------- ---------- -------- -------------
36 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or
motor vehicle
1 Ethyl Alcohol Whiskey Liquor store
Medicine Drug store
NOTE: Methyl (wood) alcohol or isopropyl (rubbing)
alcohol can be substituted for ethyl alcohol.
20 (powdered) or Laundry soap Washing clothes Stores
28 (flake)
NOTE: Unless the word "soap" actually appears somewhere on the
container or wrapper, a washing compound is probably a detergent.
THESE CAN NOT BE USED.
PROCEDURE
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|CAUTION: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area |
| when mixing the flame fuel. NO SMOKING! |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1. If bar soap is used, carve into thin flakes using a knife.
2. Pour Alcohol and gasoline into a jar, bottle or other
container and mix thoroughly.
3. Add soap powder or flakes to gasoline-alcohol mix and stir
occasionally until thickened (about 15 minutes).
Egg System
The white of any bird egg can be used to gel gasoline for use as
a flame fuel.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
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85 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or
motor vehicle
14 Egg Whites Food Food store,
farms
Any one of the following
1 Table Salt Food, industrial Sea Water,
processes Natural brine,
Food stores
3 Ground Coffee Food Food store
3 Dried Tea Food Food store
Leaves
3 Cocoa Food Food store
2 Sugar Food Food store
1 Saltpeter Pyrotechnics Drug store
(Niter) Explosives chemical supply
(Potassium Matches store
Nitrate) Medicine
1 Epsom salts Medicine Drug store, food
industrial store
processes
2 Washing soda Washing cleaner Food store
(Sal soda) Medicine Drug store
Photography Photo supply
store
1 1/2 Baking soda Baking Food store
Manufactoring: Drug store
Beverages,
Mineral waters,
and Medicine
1 1/2 Aspirin Medicine Drug store
Food store
PROCEDURE
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|CAUTION: Make sure that there are no open flames in the area |
| when mixing the flame fuel. NO SMOKING! |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1. Separate egg white from yolk. This can be done by breaking the
egg into a dish and carefully removing the yolk with a
spoon.
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|NOTE: DO NOT GET THE YELLOW EGG YOLK MIXED INTO THE EGG WHITE.|
| If egg yolk gets into the egg white, discard the egg. |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
2. Pour egg white into a jar, bottle, or other container and add
gasoline.
3. Add the salt (or other additive) to the mixture and stir
occasionally until gel forms (about 5 to 10 minutes).
NOTE: A thicker flame fuel can be obtained by putting
the capped jar in hot (65 C) water for about 1/2 hour
and then letting them cool to room temperature. (DO NOT
HEAT THE GELLED FUEL CONTAINING COFFEE).
Wax System
Any of several common waxes can be used to gel gasoline
for use as a flame fuel.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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Parts by Volume Ingredient How Used Common Source
--------------- ---------- -------- -------------
80 Gasoline Motor Fuel Gas station or
motor vehicle
20 Wax Leather polish, Food store, drug
(Ozocerite, sealing wax, or department
Mineral wax, candles, store
fossil wax, waxed paper,
ceresin wax furniture &
beeswax) floor waxes,
lithographing.
PROCEDURE
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1. Melt the wax and pour into jar or bottle which has been placed
in a hot water bath.
2. Add gasoline to the bottle.
3. When wax has completely dissolved in the gasoline, allow the
water bath to cool slowly to room temperature.
NOTE: If a gel does not form, add additional wax (up to
40% by volume) and repeat the above steps. If no gel
forms with 40% wax, make a Lye solution by dissolving a
small amount of Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) in an equal
amount of water. Add this solution (1/2% by volume) to
the gasoline wax mix and shake bottle until a gel
forms.
Well, thats it, I omitted a few things because they where either
redundant, or more aimed toward battle field conditions. Be
careful, don't get caught, and have fun...
Elric of Imrryr
into a jar, bottle or other
container and mix thoroughly.
3. Add soap powder or flakes to gasoline-alcohol mix and stir
occasionally until thickened (about 15 minutes).
Egg System
The white of any bird egg can be used to gel gasoline for use as
a flame fuel.
MATERIALS REQUIRED:
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