Evans Waterless Coolant
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Again, I may be wrong. I'm not a chemist. It was quite awhile ago that I researched it. After several days of digging I satisfied myself that it was not worth the money and pretty much forgot about it. IRRC the information that led me to that conclusion was the MSDS for EWC. See page 2 of the link.
http://www.hrpworld.com/store/media/...%20-%20SDS.pdf
http://www.hrpworld.com/store/media/...%20-%20SDS.pdf
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According the the MSDS Evans stuff is between 80 and 85% Ethylene Glycol with some other additives which are probably for corrosion resistance.
IMHO you could use 100% Regular Ethylene Glycol antifreeze and save a bunch of money and have essentially the same product.
Sounds like a rip-off to me.
IMHO you could use 100% Regular Ethylene Glycol antifreeze and save a bunch of money and have essentially the same product.
Sounds like a rip-off to me.
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I boiled over a boiler that had safety-freeze (propylene glycol) and water in it. It got hot enough long enough to completely boil off the water and drastically overheat the safety-freeze.
When I vented that thing, the gas that came out knocked me for a loop. I had to go in full hazmat and evacuate it before I could repair it and re-fill it.
I tell all that because I'd hate to deal with whatever would come from grossly overheating pure ethylene glycol, Evans or otherwise.
When I vented that thing, the gas that came out knocked me for a loop. I had to go in full hazmat and evacuate it before I could repair it and re-fill it.
I tell all that because I'd hate to deal with whatever would come from grossly overheating pure ethylene glycol, Evans or otherwise.
If you mix pure ethylene glycol with potassium permanganate at about a 1:1 ratio by volume, it puts off possibly the WORST smoke known to man kind. While the smell is only horrific and the nose hair burning characteristics are just short of cataclysmic, there is absolutely no way to get rid of the smell afterwards. You might as well burn any clothing that gets exposed to the smoke, but then the clothing you wear while burning your clothing will be ruined as well.
1/2 gallon of antifreeze and a full jug of potassium permanganate in piece of 6" well casing in the school parking lot raises some eyebrows. Apparently 15' of flames and enough thick white smoke to block the sun was a little more extreme than the usual oxy-acetylene bombs and thermite experiments.
To this day, every time I open the door on my Ford, I still catch a whiff.
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If you mix pure ethylene glycol with potassium permanganate at about a 1:1 ratio by volume, it puts off possibly the WORST smoke known to man kind. While the smell is only horrific and the nose hair burning characteristics are just short of cataclysmic, there is absolutely no way to get rid of the smell afterwards. You might as well burn any clothing that gets exposed to the smoke, but then the clothing you wear while burning your clothing will be ruined as well.
1/2 gallon of antifreeze and a full jug of potassium permanganate in piece of 6" well casing in the school parking lot raises some eyebrows. Apparently 15' of flames and enough thick white smoke to block the sun was a little more extreme than the usual oxy-acetylene bombs and thermite experiments.
To this day, every time I open the door on my Ford, I still catch a whiff.
If you mix pure ethylene glycol with potassium permanganate at about a 1:1 ratio by volume, it puts off possibly the WORST smoke known to man kind. While the smell is only horrific and the nose hair burning characteristics are just short of cataclysmic, there is absolutely no way to get rid of the smell afterwards. You might as well burn any clothing that gets exposed to the smoke, but then the clothing you wear while burning your clothing will be ruined as well.
1/2 gallon of antifreeze and a full jug of potassium permanganate in piece of 6" well casing in the school parking lot raises some eyebrows. Apparently 15' of flames and enough thick white smoke to block the sun was a little more extreme than the usual oxy-acetylene bombs and thermite experiments.
To this day, every time I open the door on my Ford, I still catch a whiff.
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According the the MSDS Evans stuff is between 80 and 85% Ethylene Glycol with some other additives which are probably for corrosion resistance.
IMHO you could use 100% Regular Ethylene Glycol antifreeze and save a bunch of money and have essentially the same product.
Sounds like a rip-off to me.
IMHO you could use 100% Regular Ethylene Glycol antifreeze and save a bunch of money and have essentially the same product.
Sounds like a rip-off to me.
My thoughts exactly. I am curious what the other 10-15% of unlisted chemicals are. I can only assume that they are inert or they would be listed on the MSDS.
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