Homebrew PCBs

> Steve wrote:
>
> What are "metholated spirits"?

Ethanol they have ruined.

In OZ and in some other parts it is called
methylated spirits.  Other places call it
Denatured alcohol.

They take perfectly good alcohol from the
distilation plant.  Get rid of the last 5%
of water which leaves nasty benzy thingies
in it.  Add some methanol for good measure
to make it even less drinkable.  These days
they even add blue dye to it to make it
look less apealing.

Doesn't seem to stop people drinking it
though.  There are always folk tales of
hardware stores up north (down south for
you people in the other hemisphere) that
sell it pre-chilled.


(I was asumming that Steve wasn't just
asking "what is methOlated spirits?" to
bag someones spelling)