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paulz
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 07:27am
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My recycle yard pal gave me a fiver of kerosene. My cooking, water heating are lp, what can I use it for? Throw a cup in the wood stove for starting? Cleaning solvent?
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darz5150
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 09:54am
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Kerosene heater
Hurricane lamps?

Fanman
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 10:30am
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Use it with a "Cape Cod Firestarter" to light a fire.

gcrank1
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 02:07pm
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Use it in a diesel

paulz
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 02:31pm
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Do you leave those cape cods half full?

My backhoe is a diesel, could I pour it in that?

travellerw
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 04:39pm
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Quoting: paulz
My backhoe is a diesel, could I pour it in that?


It will be fine in that. Up here #1 Diesel (sometimes called winter diesel) is mostly Kerosene anyway!

Although I would rather use it in hurricane lamps. I love the old school feeling of them!

Fanman
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# Posted: 13 Jul 2025 09:46pm
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Quoting: paulz
Do you leave those cape cods half full?

It needs to be full enough to cover the ball while it's soaking. I typically add kerosene every 4-5 uses.

paulz
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# Posted: 14 Jul 2025 11:31am
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Thanks guys. Well I don’t need the backhoe right now, no hurricanes and the cape cod sounds like fun but for the summer I’ll just put it in the shed with the other jugs of flammables.

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