Shaking Up Fuel Bottles?

[Gray E Fowler]

I am late to jump in here since I do not check the list on the weekend. 
Methanol, being the solvent it is completely compatible with the other 
fuel components.  Our fuel is not a suspended colloid (paints-primers), 
nor and emulsion, which are things that people will need to re-blend at 
times.
Methanol once mixed with the nitro and oil would require specialized 
equipment to separate.....and gravity is not special enough...The good 
news is if it makes you feel good then do it as it will not hurt anything 
either. Bad fuel is almost always water in the fuel.



Gray Fowler
Principal Chemical Engineer
Composites Engineering




"Don Livermore" <dlivermore at mchsi.com>
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Someone who has been racing rc cars for over 20 years and is a very 
qualified rc guy asked me this week if I had been "shaking" the gallon 
fuel bottles to mix the ingredients up before using. I had gotten a bad 
gallon of fuel that was just purchased from  a local  hobby shop and in 
questioning him about this is when he asked me the question. I have been 
doing rc for over ten years and I have never done this or have ever seen 
anyone doing this. Do any of you out there in "pattern land" do this? 
Thanks.....Don

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