>>2860143
If your idea for a *wick is to stop the flame going into the stove you could cut out the whole inner lid and make a massive wick like a hobo stove, it would give you a lot more heat but be sealable with the cap.

WIC... Kek wonder how that got into the auto correct training.

>>2860143
will the gasket get too hot and melt?

>>2860167
You take the cap off before you use it anon.

>>2860143
Dude just buy a jetboil they aren't that expensive

>>2860171
I have a jet boil. I like making things.

>>2860170
yes obviously, it wont work with the lid still attached
but i mean that the metal will get hot with the alcohol burning and that means that the gasket ring will be in contact with hot metal for an extended amount of time
im just concerned that maybe the o ring wont last very long

>>2860193
If you let it cool before you replace the lid it won't matter. I am worried alcohol would just dry out the gasket... Idk what it's made of.

Op.
If it's a buck fifty just try refilling it with alcohol and see what happens, you aren't risking anything.

>>2860143
Expand hole and try a cotton make up remover. They are very affordable and may make an ok wick if the original one breaks down or won't fit the new hole.

>>2860204
that works... damn that was easy

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>>2860204
>cotton make up remover

Or 3/8" braided cotton rope. You could stuff 3-4 feet into that can, pull it up as it burns off. Plus it would soak up fuel so it doesn't slosh around.

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>>2860143
>fill it

20-30cc syringe with 14g blunt tip needle. You would push it between the wick and opening to fill. Main thing would be to fill it then sit upside down to see if it leaks around gasket.

>>2860338
Not a bad idea I'm stopping slosh.

>>2860406
I little piece of packing galz is my next attempt. It's wicking well I'll dry it off and burn it tonight.

I now have a case of these for the same money as one good camp stove. My preper brain can't be cured