There's also a choke and aspirated carb on my generator.
Inquiring minds want to know: did the nail polish remover (acetone) work? Since that would have been the first thing I would think of that is relatively non-toxic, with isopropyl alcohol as a Plan B.
Wife2 used to mix isopropyl with acetone nail polish remover.
Apparently there was some kind of cosolvent action there. I remember reading in Hatcher that nitrocellulose was dissolved in a mixture of ether and alcohol (types of ether and alcohol not specified) to form the goo which was extruded to form the smokeless powder grains. The cosolvency was implied.
I recall smelling ether when opening a fresh can of powder.
In any case, I sure wouldn't want to get acetone in the eyes. Maybe that's why the hospital recommended acetone-dampened pads.
But this whole "incident" is so ridiculous I have to question its authenticity. Maybe genuine, maybe not, but it still begs the question.
Seems like it's time for her to bite the bullet and get shorn like a sheep and wear wigs for the nonce.
Terry
REF:
Hatcher's Notebook Part One, page 309