I found this site thru some surfing and thought I would share. I know it answers some questions I had thought about and some I hadn't even thought of about kerosene. . KEROSENE FUEL PRIMER
kerosene is NOT the same as it was 40 years ago the smell, burning or just in the can is different and it doesnt burn the same when i was young all our lights were kerosene lamps and it was my job to keep the mantles clean and fill the tanks so i got pretty used to the smell and how it worked the dyed stuff isnt too bad in a lamp if you know how to run one ive seen an awful lot of people just crank the wick as high as it'll go this just makes soot, you keep it turned down low so its burning just fuel and not wick, once its going good this gives a brighter evener light
+1 for the kerosene...At grandmaw's house if you got a little cut or scrap... Grandma would douse it with kerosene...Seemed to work just fine for her...
Not even close.... All 13 year olds have Xboxes. or PlayStations these days... and that makes it a whole new ballgame...