Ok, so I still have some nice old skool round kerosene heaters that are 23,000 btu. I also have 4 gallons of old vintage 2004 era clear 1K Kerosene I got at a gas station. I forgot which station but it was local. It is clear, and depending on the light will have a yellow tint to it. It smells very clean, and smells to me like genuine kerosene how I always remembered it.
Now fast forward to the day before Christmas 2020. We were going to get a nasty snow storm so I got some fresh from the pump Sheetz clear kerosene. It smells very nasty like Naptha based, and has a lot of fumes. When I poured it into the heater, my super clean, no smoke, no smell heater, now smells like unburned diesel exhaust while it is in use. I replaced the wick and it did not solve the horrible smell. I let the wick dry overnight and washed it in the old vintage 2004 era kerosene and dumped and refilled the tank and the problem is solved. Heater smells perfect.
How do I find Kerosense like back in the old days? These heaters are excellent for extended power outages as they can sit for decades and always be reliable.
Does anyone know what they did to the formula that makes it so nasty?
Now fast forward to the day before Christmas 2020. We were going to get a nasty snow storm so I got some fresh from the pump Sheetz clear kerosene. It smells very nasty like Naptha based, and has a lot of fumes. When I poured it into the heater, my super clean, no smoke, no smell heater, now smells like unburned diesel exhaust while it is in use. I replaced the wick and it did not solve the horrible smell. I let the wick dry overnight and washed it in the old vintage 2004 era kerosene and dumped and refilled the tank and the problem is solved. Heater smells perfect.
How do I find Kerosense like back in the old days? These heaters are excellent for extended power outages as they can sit for decades and always be reliable.
Does anyone know what they did to the formula that makes it so nasty?