Ethanol mist for cutting aluminium

[m_c]

More to the point, why are we resurrecting a year old thread?

[magicniner]

More to the point, why are we resurrecting a year old thread?

Holy Thread Resurrection Batman! :D

It's a fair point but if there is pertinent information to add which may help others searching later I think it's OK, your suggestion of Isopropyl Alcohol is a good one, I use it for many things as it's available at very reasonable cost for 5L

- Nick

[cropwell]

More to the point, why are we resurrecting a year old thread?

It is the spirit of Christmas past

[Boyan Silyavski]

I stopped using mine own mixture or soluble oil. Now i use pure kerosene/ or paraffin you call it/, the one for the stoves they sell in 10 and 20l bottles. And right now is the time to buy, as in summer there is nowhere to buy it from. It's perfect for aluminum or whatever. And as my transparent container was a good quality one/ the water filter/ there is no problem with the plastic from the kerosene.

[PaisleyPCdoctor]

For those using alcohol for cooling, does it also have any effect on aluminium sticking to cutters or is it purely for cooling?

[Desertboy]

I stopped using mine own mixture or soluble oil. Now i use pure kerosene/ or paraffin you call it/, the one for the stoves they sell in 10 and 20l bottles. And right now is the time to buy, as in summer there is nowhere to buy it from. It's perfect for aluminum or whatever. And as my transparent container was a good quality one/ the water filter/ there is no problem with the plastic from the kerosene.

kerosene (28 Sec) is readily available all year long if you ring a fuel supplier I used to run my steam cleaning machine on it it's was cheaper than red.

I remember you could buy it in B&Q for £4 for 0.5l at the time or I could buy it from fuel supplier for 58p a litre a mile down the road lol.

was a few years ago now.

[m_c]

I personally wouldn't use kerosene/heating oil, solely due to the smell, however I suspect what Boyan is suggesting is the paraffin you can get over here for camping stoves, which doesn't have as strong a smell.

[Boyan Silyavski]

But there is a reason it's called " fogless mist cooler" . If it makes a fog in the workshop and smells, its because the nozzle is not spraying drops and usually is overspraying. i said it many times, 0.6-0.7mm is the ideal nozzle size and can refrigerate a bit up to say 20mm . For 1inch and bigger cutters, 2 nozzles.

Normally i will put a lamp at the back and check if its not making fog before i leave the machine to cut.