[TR] Lucas Beer in Stereo ++ Very True Story

Kurt Johnson kajohns64 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 20 14:29:58 MDT 2007


Mike old buddy, good to see you are still around! Did
you ever get my old TR4 restored?


--- Michael Porter <portermd at zianet.com> wrote:

> tr3driver at ca.rr.com wrote:
> >> To test good "shine or lighting"
> >> pour a shot on a table top then light it, better
> burn blue, if it's green
> >> don't drink, it's lead alcohol and very deadly, 
> >>     
> >
> > Well, I just learned something !  I knew it was
> common practise to use an old truck radiator for the
> condensor, and the shine would leach the lead out of
> the solder ... but never knew how to test for it.
> >
> >   
> 
> If I remember my chemistry correctly, flame tests
> for copper ions are 
> also green.  The difference in color should be
> noted--copper burns 
> bluish-green, while a pale sea-foam green color
> indicates lead.  So, 
> someone being very careful to exclude lead from
> their copper distilling 
> equipment would be tarred unfairly by this flame
> test.  As well, this 
> test would indicate little about the much greater
> danger in 
> moonshine--wood alcohol.  All commonly available
> alcohols burn with a 
> light, barely perceptible blue flame, and it would
> take some discernment 
> to note the flame difference between methanol and
> ethanol.
> 
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> -- 
> Michael D. Porter
> Roswell, NM
> 
> Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's
> within walking distance....
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