Post #31024 by TikiMaxton on Mon, Apr 21, 2003 5:35 PM

The oil and water can be separated - the real danger of getting water in the cans is that they can rust out. I lost a whole can of oil out a rusted pinhole in a torch. Spilled into the ground, which is probably a bad thing ecologically, too.

Those small coconut shells I mentioned in an earlier post work really well for keeping the wicks dry, by the way. They make a flashier torch-snuffer/wick umbrella than the little piece of bamboo they usually give you, and they're heavy enough to stay on in a stiff wind...