Shellite???

You can do that with ULP too - it's an "interesting" exercise :)

Bet it is

Or lighter fluid

Is Shellite just white spirit - as used for cleaning paint brushes etc?

Now I'm even more confused?

Shellite

White Spirit

The Shellite entry says it's also known as white spirit but the white spirit entry makes no mention of Shellite and all variants of white spirit have a much higher boiling point than Shellite!?

btw Shellite has a boiling point of only 47C! Which would not be at all hard to reach under Australian sun!

Mike Harding

Mike,
We used to sell it under both names, White Spirit at the time was almost a waste product coming off the top of the cracking process, if you bought the Shell product you purchased it under the proprietary name of Shellite. White Spirit was available from virtually any service station/ hardware/produce/store in bulk, you used to wander in with your own can or bottle and purchase by the pint/quart/gallon etc:

Was also commonly referred to as "Lighter Fluid".

There well may have been changes to boiling points over the years since I sold the stuff.

And yes, it's not bad stuff for cleaning paint brushes.
Ian

Don't forget Shellite's other competitor "Mobilite".....guess who owns this name :-) Other names it is sold by include:

Callite (i take it from caltex)
Fuelite

Andrew

There is a bit more to it than that; although I wasn't the OP of this thread I have been following it with interest because currently I take Shellite for my lamp and ULP for chainsaw/generator - it would be nice to be able to ditch the Shellite and just take ULP if possible, it's a space and convenience thing more than cost.

Mike Harding

Mike,
Try ULP instead of Shellite or Coleman Fuel when you run out of your current supply, as Grandpa Joe suggests a bit of injector cleaner added now and again is reputed to clean the generator out though I have never had a problem.

I tend to replace the generator every second year just as a precautionary measure. I have never run any thing other than unleaded as I could not be bothered I already have the unleaded to hand.

Ian