How to empty aluminum spray cans for alcohol backpacking stoves.wmv

A short video showing what's inside an aluminum spray can, how they are put together and how to take them apart so you can make alcohol stoves from them.

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[DrunknShooter]

Nice video Jim, I have a couple of sunscreen bottles saved for future projects but I've never taken one apart yet.

[Woodenarrows]

@DrunknShooter Hopefully the ones you have will be as simple to empty as the ones I’ve been using.

[digitizer101]

Good video thanks. Any idea where the cheapest place to get the aluminum bottles is?

[Woodenarrows]

@digitizer101 So far... the cheapest I've found are those $1 bottles of hair remover I get from my local dollar store. I'm sure there are other products in the same bottles, maybe even some I could actually use :-). Check out your local dollar store and see what they have.

[neoarchangel03]

You sure work fast. Thanks so much for putting this up.

[Woodenarrows]

@neoarchangel03 You're welcome. Read the other comments. Not all bottles are made like the ones I use but... they do come apart the same so, be careful with the first couple of bottles, peel them back slow.

[asbarajas]

how do you take the top thing with out damaging them

[slodeth5]

I discovered this too, using tin cans, like from hair products. But found they took too long to prime, once made into alcohol stoves. I use aluminum all the time, now.

[pcblah]

are they galvanized in the can??

[KoN312]

really interesting. didnt knew the thing with the bags inside. Thx for sharing!! And ah subbed ;)

[EconoChallenge]

I did not know what was inside some of these aluminum cans. A real surprise.

[wawhiker]

I never knew any of this - amazing. I would pop the spray nozzle off, drill through the valve and start hacking away. Might be the reason why I never successfully made my own aluminum bottle alcohol stoves. That's why I leave it up to friends and buy them. Thanks for sharing that Jim!