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The neighbor has several dozen rose bushes in bloom with some very fragrant roses and thought of an idea to fill up a mason jar with petals and then fill up the jar with isopropyl alcohol and let it sit for a while. The problem I have is that all the isopropyl alcohols I've smelled have some sort of slightly offensive odor to them. Is there a way to the odor so that the alcohol is odorless? How about ash in a coffee filter? Distillation?
What you're smelling is the denaturant- usually acetone or something. If you want a pure (read: oderless) alcohol you'll have to settle for something less pure, like Everclear.
use vodka.
Too little alcohol content...Quote:
Originally Posted by Desdinova
most liquor stores will also stock 94% grain neutral alcohol.
That should be sufficient. ALthough not as pure as vodka, you could pass it through a Brita a couple of times to make it vodka.
Um... not so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Desdinova
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Originally Posted by BKratchmer
not so much?
emm.. why not just use witch hazel?
isopropyl smells like isopropyl.Quote:
Originally Posted by red96ta
You want pure ethyl alcohol 20-40%. FWIW Vanilla extract is about 35%
alcohol.
Some vodkas will do but others already have too much
essence of stuff in it to make a good extract
of the essential oil.
Some pharmacies will get USP alcohol for you if you
ask nicely and disclose what you want it for.
Everclear is perhaps the best source if it is legal in your location:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear_(alcohol)
You should not need to soak it long.
It is flammable so be cautious with the
discarded rose petals.
However drying works wonderfully.
My Mom would gather them up and dry them
in the sun on pie pans to make sashays for her
and my sisters.