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Denatured Alcohol is not sold as such in Canada as far as I can tell. Anyone know of a place in BC that I haven't come upon for this? I would appreciate it. Or....is there a substitute sold in BC?
Also, Everclear is sold in Alberta, but not in BC.

Thanks
gekog

Go see your local drugstore or pharmacy. They will know.

I dont have Delta kits but i use mythel hydrate to clean my bridges. Its sold in Canadian Tire

Canadian Tire should have it too, or a store like Giant Tiger (ON), never thought of them (...whilst I like Canadian Tire a lot --cheaper gas too).
Even the Dollar Store /Dollar Tree will have it available. I frequently go to the Dollar Store myself to get it, it comes pretty cheap there.

But CVS has it too, I am very confident because that is the second place where I go frequently to be getting it (MI).

Thanks, If the methyl hydrate works for you guys, then I will check out our local Can Tire.

If you've decided on or are using Delta Kits equipment, you might want to check with them on whether they agree that using something other than denatured alcohol to clean the injector is advisable. Though there a lot of similarities from one injector to another, there are also components that are unique to each.

Methyl Hydrate is Methanol. It's extremely flammable and toxic. Denatured alcohol is Ethanol but sometimes has Methanol and other solvents in it. Generally speaking is considered less toxic than Methanol. Both will clean very well and dry quickly but we recommend using Denatured alcohol for safety reasons. We do not recommend using rubbing alcohol as it typically has water added so it does not clean as well or dry as quickly. It will work in a pinch however.

Where nitrile gloves when working with any of these chemicals as they will all absorb through the skin very quickly.

Isopropyl alcohol is available at the local Wal-Mart here at 91%. I think it would work OK if you can't find the denatured. It's much stronger than the 70% stuff.

Brent, you mean that when I licked the suction cup that had resin on it and then shot denatured alcohol in my mouth to wash it out that wasn't good for me!?!? Just kidding!!

Denatured alcohol has an interesting history, in the 20s people were drinking pure alcohol (industrial?) and the govt decided to make it undrinkable so they poisoned it, mostly with methyl alcohol. Hundreds, maybe thousands were sickened, blinded or died as a result. Denatured alcohol is basically the same stuff. It's OK for cleaning etc. but don't ever drink it, and try to keep it off your skin too.

Canada didn't have prohibition of alcohol so they didn't need the stuff. I get it at ACE hardware here. It is used as a a shellac thinner so you might try a paint store.

paulrsf wrote:If you've decided on or are using Delta Kits equipment, you might want to check with them on whether they agree that using something other than denatured alcohol to clean the injector is advisable. Though there a lot of similarities from one injector to another, there are also components that are unique to each.

Brent, is using a sustitute for denatured alcohol (illegal in BC) going to have any effect whatsoever on our Delta Kits warranties?

I suppose that depends on what you use, but Methyl Hydrate and Isopropyl are both fine. I don't recall ever rejecting a warranty claim due to the type of solvent used, but I suppose there is something out there that will eat stainless so I can't say it's okay to use anything you want.

We don't get warranty claims due to the type of solvent used, we get them due to neglect. Not cleaning a Delta Kits injector properly is a sure fire way to gum up the mechanism. Clean it according to the instructions and it will last a lifetime.