How to get Uri.EscapeDataString to comply with RFC 3986

Question

The Uri class defaults to RFC 2396. For OpenID and OAuth, I need Uri escaping consistent with RFC 3986.

From the System.Uri class documentation:

Answer 1

I could not find a better answer (either 100% framework or 100% reimplementation), so I've created this abomination. Seems to be working with OAuth.

class al_RFC3986
{
    public static string Encode(string s)
    {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(s.Length*2);//VERY rough estimate
        byte[] arr = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(s);

        for (int i = 0; i < arr.Length; i++)
        {
            byte c = arr[i];

            if(c >= 0x41 && c <=0x5A)//alpha
                sb.Append((char)c);
            else if(c >= 0x61 && c <=0x7A)//ALPHA
                sb.Append((char)c);
            else if(c >= 0x30 && c <=0x39)//123456789
                sb.Append((char)c);
            else if (c == '-' || c == '.' || c == '_' || c == '~')
                sb.Append((char)c);
            else
            {
                sb.Append('%');
                sb.Append(Convert.ToString(c, 16).ToUpper());
            }
        }
        return sb.ToString();
    }
}