<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Estrogenic!!!!!!!! Wow, guess that explains
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Gray Fowler<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma"> >"plasticizer". A plasticizer
is an additive that allows the grocery store idiot to drop that bottle
of coke without explosion.></font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma">BTW this plasticizer is also an estrogenic
chemical. I only buy my coke in glass bottles, but my coke machine here
in the pharmacy is older than I am. :-))</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Tahoma">-----Original Message-----<b><br>
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Behalf Of </b>Gray E Fowler<b><br>
Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:25 AM<b><br>
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Subject:</b> Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank<br>
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Wayne-o</font><font size=3> <br>
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Are you crazy-mon? First, the bottles are Polyethyl tera phthalate....and
are NOT chemical resistant. Let me provide and example that I know
you can understand....BEER.</font><font size=3> <br>
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Whether you realize it or not, beer has alcohol in it. Alcohol is deemed
in some parts of my industry as a "solvent". Other view it as
"essential", but thats another story. Until very recently, did
you ever notice that beer NEVER came in plastic bottles? Even now only
beer without any real taste (its raining beer!) comes in plastic, so they
can sell the stuff up north where the football fans like to throw things
at the Dallas Cowboys. Shrinkage comes from one of two things, first
you swam in the cold water way too long, or second you leached out what
is reffered to as a "plasticizer". A plasticizer is an additive
that allows the grocery store idiot to drop that bottle of coke without
explosion. It also is the stuff that you just ran thru your engine. When
it croaks, or when your glow plug croaks you will now have an obvious reason.</font><font size=3>
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Beer uses ethyl alcohol, we use Methyl, which is much more aggressive as
a solvent. Our real fuel tanks are made from polypropylene, which is VERY
chemical resistant in is un-plasticized form. As a matter of fact, if you
buy Methyl alcohol, it comes in polypropylene drum, because it will corrode
steel. As a matter of fact most fuel comes in polypropylene containers.....ones
with steel cans have an epoxy coating in them.</font><font size=3> <br>
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And now to debunk another myth........the above plastics are "thermoplastic"
epoxy is "thermoset". Epoxy (thermosets) does not get brittle
with age, unless you the user add some crap to it. 5 minute stuff
WILL as it is accidently plasticized by all the stuff used to jack up the
reaction.</font><font size=3> <br>
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And one last thing.......... Beer + Plastic = bad taste, and as my Chemistry
101 professor so diligently demonstrated in mathimatical terms, you should
never drink light beer.....Instead, drink a real beer, followed by 10.52
ounces of water, then a real beer and another 10.52 ounces of water. Your
caloric intake will be the same as 4 light beers, but at least you got
to drink 2 real beers. <br>
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Gray Fowler<br>
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I am using Cool Power 15% and my bottle is still the same size as when
I<br>
installed. Must be the componants of the fuel your using.
Interesting non<br>
the less.<br>
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Wayne<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
From: "Don Ramsey" <don.ramsey@cox.net><br>
To: <discussion@nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:27 PM<br>
Subject: Re: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank<br>
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> Wayne,<br>
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> The one I got from you has shrunk as much as mine did. Quess
it's the Mag<br>
> 2. I'll get it back to you in Lubbock.<br>
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> Don<br>
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> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Wayne Galligan" <wgalligan@goodsonacura.com><br>
> To: <discussion@nsrca.org><br>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 6:09 PM<br>
> Subject: Coke Bottle Fuel Tank<br>
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> > Well I have to say I had a grand time at my first NATS.
Something I<br>
> > dreamed about going to since reading about it when it was in
Lake<br>
Charles<br>
> > LA<br>
> > back in the 70's I believe. I got initiated with the proverbial<br>
> > mechanical<br>
> > issues that never seem to be a problem at local contests and
then I was<br>
> > nearly DQ'd for not being ready at the line(read the lineup wrong)
but<br>
> > made<br>
> > it with 10 sec's to spare.<br>
> ><br>
> > The Coke bottle fuel tank got a lot of talk and Don Ramsey ended
up<br>
> > getting<br>
> > my spare. This was Todd Blose and B.W. Ponders idea from
last years<br>
NATS<br>
> > to<br>
> > save making weight. I expanded on this by using the rubber
stopper and<br>
> > back<br>
> > from my Du-Bro tank and just screwing it to the regular cap Seems
he<br>
used<br>
> > one of the water bottle variety and it is obviously made of a
different<br>
> > plastic then the Coke bottle. Don's bottle was actually
shrinking.<br>
After<br>
> > a<br>
> > dead stick on his final maneuver and just barely making it back
to the<br>
> > runway he discovered he was out of fuel. On further review
he noticed<br>
his<br>
> > tank had shrunk quite a bit. The one I have in my plane
is almost 4<br>
> > weeks<br>
> > old and is holding its shape OK. Good news is its just
a matter of<br>
> > polishing off another Coke and rinsing out the bottle to replace
it.<br>
> ><br>
> > Nice to put faces with all the posts.<br>
> ><br>
> > Smooth Flying...<br>
> ><br>
> > Wayne Galligan<br>
> > NSRCA 3582 D6 ADV.<br>
> ><br>
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