Good pictures Gray Beard

It looks like you used the Du-Bro kit. This is from their web site.

http://www.shopatron.com/product/part_number=192/101.0

When I mentioned using any solvent, I guess I should have qualified that to any inorganic solvent, since water is also considered a solvent.

But I go through enough acetone that I always have a can or two.

As to plastics, there are too many that are not compatable with glow fuel. Unless you buy a 5 gallon fuel jug from a speed shop that the plastic is formulated to contain methanol and Nitro.