On Thu, 5 Jan 2017, E. Groenenberg wrote:
We have a similar common name for it being 'brand spiritus'.It's basically 90% - 92% alcohol, with the rest being methanol and water and it's color is blue-ish.
German "Spiritus", as it's called here, usually is 94% ethanol, 1-2% butanone and water. Surely no methanol as this is lethal. Also no dye. Spiritus is a clear and highly volatile liquid. It's also very cheap, a one liter bottle is around 2 Euros.
Christian
