>>1282617To maintain the fuel bottles?
Or what do I recommend to use as a bottle?
Or what stove do I recommend?
Sorry I don't really understand your question.
I personally don't have a liquid fuel stove, but a friend that I camp with often has the international and I've used it many times while on trips with him.
He uses the MSR aluminum bottles, one small and one larger. Small one is attached to the stove usually because it's easier to build pressure and then refill the small with the fuel in the larger bottle. Same ones have been in use for 5 years.
It shouldn't be a problem to store quality white gas inside the bottles for medium periods of time (maybe up to a year or two depending on how much it has been exposed to air) though longer periods of time your gas will probably start to degrade and clog your stove more easily.
Storing anything with alcohol inside the bottle can corrode the aluminum over time. Stuff like automotive gasoline sometimes has ethanol as an additive (among others) and some use these bottles to hold denatured alcohol.
Kerosene/paraffin might be okay to keep inside there? Not really sure. If there are additives to reduce soot or any of that stuff, as paraffin for use with lamps may have, then I would be a bit weary for long term storage.
The only problem you will probably run into is if you physically damage the can by denting it or something, or perhaps the o-ring may degrade over time. Adding a very small bit of oil to the o-ring every once in a while will keep it from drying out and cracking.
Other than that shit, if you just run white gas for the most part you should be fine. If you run other stuff, maybe just avoid keeping it in the bottle too long.
Just don't store the bottle for long periods with the pump attached, or you'll have to maintain your pump more often and that's probably the part most prone to breaking, with all the o-rings and plastics.
Inspect the inside of the bottle often for pitting or etching every once in a while.
