Fuel for older alcohol stoves in Canada.

[Oldie]

For those of us that have the old Kenyon/Homestrand style pressurized alcohol stove, and can't find denatured alcohol to run it on.
I made a youtube video that will help you you get it up and running with a 10 minute modification, to run on Methyl Hydrate.

[Midnightsun]

Speaking of Methyl Hydrate. I used to use it all the time back when I had an Origo stove on a previous boat. Still use it today in my fondue burner and my Ethanol wall mounted fire place. Available in almost all hardware stores in Canada.

Here is a tidbit I found on the net.

Fuel Types

Methyl Hydrate
Known internationally as methanol, meths, or wood alcohol, methyl hydrate is widely available at paint and hardware stores in Canada. This fuel alcohol is cheap: about $2.50/L at the release of this vlog, vs about twice that for naptha or white gas, offers high power density, and burns cleanly with no soot. A tip: buy the larger 4L container, as you'll pay about 80% more buying it one litre at a time. Methyl alcohol, like most fuel, is poisonous, so care should be taken to keep it out of waterways, and you should avoid spilling it on your skin.

Marine Stove Fuel
Marine Stove Fuel is also referred to as de-natured alcohol. Methanol is poisonous, but ethanol is the same alcohol we consume in alcoholic beverages. To ensure that customers are burning their fuel alcohol, and not drinking it, fuel ethanol is de-natured (which means it's been poisoned) by adding methanol to it. Marine stove fuel burns cleanly as well, and produces no soot.

Ecohol
Ecohol is also de-natured alcohol (ethanol with methanol added). Ecohol also burns cleanly, and produces no soot.

Fondue Fuel
This is de-natured alcohol too. Ethanol with methanol and colour added, the big advantage to this is that it can be used indoors - great for making tea or dinner when there's a power outage. Widely available in grocery and hardware stores, fondue fuel burns cleanly and produces no soot.

[Oldie]

I was able to get the un-modified stove to run on (indoor fireplace) bio-fuel that I had laying around, and it worked well.
I called a few fireplace to stock up.... that too, has been taken off the shelves in Ontario. Hence, the mod to run om MH.