"Bill" wrote in message
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On 12/22/04 2:04 PM, in article
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:22:52 +0100, "JennyC"
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 17:51:18 +0000 (UTC), "nambucca"
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You should be able to buy Methylated spirits in any DIY or
hardware store
........its used for all kinds of things from removing
ballpoint pen stains
to rubbing down the surface of polished furniture

I'm still having a heck of a time trying to track down some
meths
here in Guelph Canada. Maybe I should move to the UK?

Thought I'd found you the answer :
http://www.ultralight-hiking.com/fuelnames.html
They have the translation / eqvielent for meths in about every
lanuage except
Canadian or American!

But perseverence threw up the following site:
http://members.iinet.net.au/~mbuckler/fuel/index.shtml
which has meths as - Denatured Alcohol or Solvent Alcohol in the
US and
Canada.

HTH Jenny

Thanks very much Martin and Jenny!
Now I'm starting to hear more familiar words (denatured alcohol).

Eric
Does Rubbing Alcohol ring a bell?

Just to help in attempts to buy it: That is the same as surgical
spirit, which I am pretty certain is isopropyl alcohol.

Diluted 1:1 in a spray bottle. Very
effective on cactus plants...I understand. And does not hurt them.
Other
plants I'm not certain...I would personally try it.
I would not have thrown out those plants that you did but then I
am a
person that has faith in the ability of plants to recover...
You could just pick off the singletons that you see in the
future.
How did those first plants get so badly infected? Were you out
playing
golf?
I was introduced to my first Mealybug just the other day. I had
seen
'them' before but didn't know what it/they were called. We just
picked it
off and then I was introduced to Rubbing Alcohol (1:1) in a spray
bottle..."it does not hurt the plants" I was told.
Bill

Franz