I have no idea what it is or what it would be used for. It was labelled as highly flammable. I was a bit shocked as it was located right next to bottles of... petrol! (Come to think of it, this can't be the same petrol as petroleum or gasoline, surely? Would it be for lawnmowers, perhaps?)
What I'm really looking for is a fantastic cleaner for the glazed shower doors. Mine are looking quite grotty, despite using lots of different products and neat vinegar to get rid of limescale and scum.
Use it carefully to start a cold Barbecue or to light the Fondue stove.
I prefer the Gell x3 packs for Fondue, they don't spill.
"Petrol" is in British, Paraffin , for oil lamps etc
Cleaning the shower glass is difficult, as a stronger acid will attack the enamel foot bath below the glass.
You could try normal Durgol and get someone to keep water running over the foot bath.
If it is badly caked with lime scale, it might be better to remove the door to a safe place and clean it with some strong Durgol.
You might have to sign the poisons book to buy the very strong stuff! It takes chrome plating off the metal !
Please use rubber gloves and wear safety glasses, and keep a bucket of water handy!
Tom
Sorry, couldn't resist.....
The newer fondue sets only work with the gel packs in an aluminium tray (normally come in a 3 pack). The idea with the new gel system is that it is safer.
As mentioned, you can use the product to soak your charcoal for a BBQ before you light it. DO NOT try to spray the liquid on the charcoal once they are burning as the flame can come back up into the bottle.
In order to avoid that, the untaxed alcohol is "vergällt", made taste horribly by adding some stuff (called Gällstoff in German). The result is sold as Brennsprit or Putzsprit (Brennalkohol, Putzalkohol). It used to be used in the rechaud, e.g. for your fondue, but that use is on the decline as burner paste (word?) is safer.
Petroleum is as lamp fuel (kerosen lamp). I'm not aware any other use.
I'm not sure if I'd use it on the skin or anything though.
It'll dry your skin out, and make your nails go brittle, and although it isn't pleasant to get it in a cut, it hasn't killed me (yet).
This bonding property is for example why fruit alcohol for example actually still tastes of fruit. It's also why when you make your own alcohol it's so important to use good clean and ripe fruit and prevent stuff like leaves, twigs, bird shit and rotten fruit from contaminating your mash - all the cr@p contributes to the methanol and other nasty stuff. Of course some of that you can remove by watching your temnperate and discarding (or using as cleaning alcohol) your pre and post run, but when there's more than a critical level of nasty stuff in there it's very difficult to get rid of. Even in three or more destillations. And of course by then you've also discarded so much good alchol along with the bad that it's rather self defeating.
However, Brennsprit appears to be made to another formula which includes Butanone (C4H8O) to discourage the less hardened drinkers.