I've bought the plastic 5-gallon bug sprayers for that
purpose, since the old fire bottles are hard to find.
Works great for grass fires at the race track, too, with a
much lower refilling cost.
Walt Taylor
Austin, TX
>
I bought an older pressurized water extinguisher, the
> kind that everyone had 50 years ago. filled it with water and about 1/4 cup
> of Palmolive dish soap. A good shake and 50 psi of air charge and I was ready
> to go. Any time I used it on a fire, (specially gas fires) it would knock it
> down right now!!! The extinguisher would spray water and FOAM all over the
> offending conflagration. A few shots of foam and the fire would be out and I
> could go back to welding. There would be 20 to 30 shots in one of those 3
> foot tall water extinguishers.
purpose, since the old fire bottles are hard to find.
Works great for grass fires at the race track, too, with a
much lower refilling cost.
Walt Taylor
Austin, TX
>
I bought an older pressurized water extinguisher, the
> kind that everyone had 50 years ago. filled it with water and about 1/4 cup
> of Palmolive dish soap. A good shake and 50 psi of air charge and I was ready
> to go. Any time I used it on a fire, (specially gas fires) it would knock it
> down right now!!! The extinguisher would spray water and FOAM all over the
> offending conflagration. A few shots of foam and the fire would be out and I
> could go back to welding. There would be 20 to 30 shots in one of those 3
> foot tall water extinguishers.
