Acetone is good for lot's of stuff. A couple of ounces in a tank of gas can improve gas mileage . . . not a huge amount, but enough to notice. It will also perminantly destroy a nest of termites in the ground . . . especially if you drop a match on the ground about 30 seconds after soaking it with the acetone. I recommend that if you set it on fire, you stand to the side of the acetone soaked area, not in the middle of it. By the way, do you know that when acetone soaked ground is burning, you can't see the fire?