Methanol solvent refers to an industrial solvent to help create inks, resins, adhesives, and dyes. It is commonly made by the destructive distillation It is widely used as a solvent, motor fuel, ethanol denaturant, and, most of all, a feedstock for manufacturing other chemicals. Methanol solvent is a colourless fairly volatile liquid with a faintly sweet pungent odour and contains both polar and non-polar groups which make it able to extract both polar and non-polar compounds.