Methanol/Water (50/50) - Using Windshield Wiper Fluid

[yellowkyd278]

I need to score some methanol ASAP for a tune session and I don't have time to get the pure stuff to mix with distilled water. Though expensive, I'm told that standard antifreeze windshield wiper fluid is a perfect mix of 50/50 water+methanol. Will this work well? Just double checking.

 

[scottsee]

-20 deg is pretty close to 50/50. Walmart sells the yellow bottle of heat in the automotive section for $.99 it's 99% meth.

 

[fourreGsixty3]

Its "Heet", and you can get it at Advanced as well...there is a thread on which bottle to get since one is red, and the other is yellow. Washer fluid will be fine to get for a last minute nessesity for a tuning session, but I personally wouldnt run it all the time.

 

[1stGenRocks]

yea washer fluid is pretty close to the right mix but it will leave blue residue everywhere the longer you run it.

 

[Car Cannibal]

-20 below is about 32-35% meth and -40 is about 45-50%, they are not exact because they are probably not that precise in the bottling process.
http://www.pittpenn.com/viewPDF.asp?fName=Windshield Wash Solvent&fID=2