Martin Brown wrote in news:imWFr.8587
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On 25/06/2012 10:17, mogga wrote:
We have acquired a weed torch at a car boot yesterday.
The couple used to run a gardening business. They told us it runs on
petrol! It's definitely got petrol in it anyway!

Apart from looking very worn it's much like
http://www.mowermagic.co.uk/acatalog...me_Weeder.html

Be careful! Whilst it might run on petrol I would be very surprised if
it was designed to do so. Petrol is far too volatile. They are usually
intended for a paraffin fuel. See if you can find a makers mark and look
up the instructions online.


I have a paraffin plumbers blowlamp which has to be warmed up with meths to
ignite. It's a bit of an art getting it started but it works nicely. If you
are prepared to get down on all fours to burn the weeds it works.
I have a week off work so after reading this thread thought it would be a
gas!
Aircraft use paraffin as fuel I hear, modified name as kerosene.(with nowt
taken out) and a bit of extra oil. If thats ok. for Concorde, then it's ok
with me.

Baz