https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/04/06/white-gas-white-spirit-disan-bencina-what-a-hell/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-gas-white-spirit-disan-bencina-what-a-hell Eva Pfarrwaller & Miguel Anjo travel blog Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:24:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/2017/04/06/white-gas-white-spirit-disan-bencina-what-a-hell/#comment-5977 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:24:32 +0000 https://www.nextstopwhere.com/?p=1005#comment-5977 In Chile, Aguarraz (White spirit) and Bencina blanca (White gas), have a not so subtle difference in their smells. Bencina blanca has a bland, soft odor, instead aguarraz has a pungent, more irritating odor than the bencina blanca (similar to the smell of oil based paints). If you have both solvents near your nose the difference is quite evident, if you don’t one can confuse both as there appearance is very similar. Another product used in camping is alcohol de quemar (methylated spirits) although, as far as I know, only to heat up the sock of a paraffin / kerosene lamp, before pumping the kerosene. I don’t know if it could be used in exchange for white gas.

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