In a message dated 6/12/00 6:52:49 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: << 2. Colloidal graphite should only be diluted with ultra-pure water (double-distilled). >> I have used colloidal graphite with alcohol--no water, the idea being that the alcohol will evaporate leaving the graphite coating. How wrong am I? Happy day, Ralph Zekelman