"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:34:37 GMT, Bill Woods wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

Next time you or a friend of yours goes to France, get a few 5 litres from
a
hypermarket. Only about £3 for the 5 litre container.



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless you
swim across with it.

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:34:37 GMT, Bill Woods wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

I normally pay over £5/litre for IPA & if you don't have adequate
ventilation you get the hangover from hell.
Cheapest place to buy meths is your local decoraters suppliers or copying
suppliers (copying spirit)
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/b/BIRMETHS/

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

£1.75 doesn't strike me as expensive, and it strikes me as one of those
"much the same price wherever you go" type of things

DrSteveW


I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

Petrol is only 80p a litre.....

Duncan Wood wrote:

I normally pay over £5/litre for IPA

That sounds pretty steep, especially if you use it in any quantity. I
pay ~£6-7 per winchester (2.5l).


--
Grunff

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

I bought a couple of half litre bottles a couple of weeks ago (use it in
Trangia Stoves). Went first to Boots, they had none in stock. The
independent chemist opposite had it at £1.25 a bottle.

Ash

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
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I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Mary

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 13:19:52 +0000, Grunff wrote:

Duncan Wood wrote:

I normally pay over £5/litre for IPA

That sounds pretty steep, especially if you use it in any quantity. I
pay ~£6-7 per winchester (2.5l).



I don't use very much :-) Where do you get yours?

Duncan Wood wrote:

I don't use very much :-) Where do you get yours?

A lab chemicals supplier - they will supply to the public, but you need
to order 4 winchesters at a time (so that's about £30).


--
Grunff

Anyone know a stockist that keeps it in the fridge as it isn't the same at
room temperature

LOL !!!

Dale

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"Bill Woods" wrote in message
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I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Mary

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Only half an answer I'm afraid - yes they sell it, I bought some in B&Q the
other day (next to the white spirit). I would be very suprised if it was
cheaper than £1.75/500ml though.


--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)

On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:34:37 GMT, Bill Woods
wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?


http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/b/BIRMETHS/
If you buy 5 litres it is £10.89 so thats £1.09 per 500ml but there
will be delivery costs on top unfortunately...
http://www.decoratingdirect.co.uk/viewprod/h/HELPDEL/
so your only slightly better off..
Stuart

In uk.d-i-y Mary Fisher wrote:

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
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I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Now there's a helpful comment! :-)

--
Chris Green

"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:51:57 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless you
swim across with it.


I brought 20 litres back last month.


Better hope you don't get caught then!!!!

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In uk.d-i-y Mary Fisher wrote:

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
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I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Now there's a helpful comment! :-)

Well it's cheaper and safer than meths and very good at cleaning - that's
what it's designed for :-)

Mary

--
Chris Green

pete wrote:
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:34:37 GMT, Bill Woods
wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I
want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
=A31.75 / 500ml.

Next time you or a friend of yours goes to France, get a few 5 litres
from a
hypermarket. Only about =A33 for the 5 litre container.

I use thinners when I need a powerful cleaning solvent.

Comes in at under a tenner for 5 litres from a trade paint supplier ..

Cheers

Paul.

"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:32:06 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:


"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:51:57 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless you
swim across with it.


I brought 20 litres back last month.


Better hope you don't get caught then!!!!

Which current regulation (Act, Chapter etc) are you on about?

The terms and conditions that you accept when you buy a ticket to cross the
channel on any carrier, plus Section 52 of the Air Navigation Order if you
are flying, whether in a private aircraft or on a carrier.

Colin Bignell

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from contains these words:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Now there's a helpful comment! :-)

Made me s******!

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Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

Bill Woods wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?

In message , Bill Woods
writes
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

It's about £5 / litre from CPC

unless you're buying in bulk, which you're not, in which case chemical
suppliers are more reasonably priced

£3.50 / litre doesn't sound too expensive to me for the quantities
you're after. It's hardly worth ****ing about for the quantity you're
looking for

--
geoff

In message ,
runlikethewind writes

"pete" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:34:37 GMT, Bill Woods wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

Next time you or a friend of yours goes to France, get a few 5 litres from
a
hypermarket. Only about £3 for the 5 litre container.



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless you
swim across with it.

And when has that ever stopped anyone ?

"excuse me sir, are you carrying any drugs or meths?"

"no"

"very well sir, carry on"

--
geoff

In message ,
runlikethewind writes

"pete" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:51:57 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless you
swim across with it.


I brought 20 litres back last month.


Better hope you don't get caught then!!!!

What are they going to do ?

lock you up and throw away the key ?

I think not.

Please elucidate

--
geoff

In message , Grunff
writes
Duncan Wood wrote:

I don't use very much :-) Where do you get yours?

A lab chemicals supplier - they will supply to the public, but you need
to order 4 winchesters at a time (so that's about £30).

Some party !

--
geoff

In message .com, Phil
writes
Petrol is only 80p a litre.....

Tastes awful though

--
geoff

In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit having
to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or something?


hairdressers' / beauty salons' wholesaler?

"Mark W" s@o wrote in message
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In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?


hairdressers' / beauty salons' wholesaler?
It appears that what he's on is having the desired effect ...

Mary

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from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:

In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?

I got a gallon can 25 years ago from Strand Glass but no idea whether it
is still available. Let me know if you find a source. I have some
fibreglass repairs I have to do some time and my can rusted through and
I lost whatever was still in it.

--
Roger

raden wrote:
Petrol is only 80p a litre.....
Tastes awful though

One way of enforcing no-smoking in the office loos

Owain

"pete" wrote in message
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On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:32:06 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:


"pete" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 12:51:57 GMT, "runlikethewind" wrote:



Problem!!!

you're not allowed to carry it by Ferry, Eurotunnel or Air!, unless
you
swim across with it.


I brought 20 litres back last month.


Better hope you don't get caught then!!!!

Which current regulation (Act, Chapter etc) are you on about?
He may be misquoting this from P&O
iii) Unless we give you prior written permission (which shall always be at
our sole discretion), you may not bring with you any firearms or other
weapons of any nature or substances of an explosive or hazardous nature. You
may carry inflammable substances only in limited quantities and in
accordance with our instructions and permission.

Since carriers (that would include me btw) safely move dangerous goods daily
there are regulations to comply with in this case IMDG usually it means the
goods are OK in small quantities in approved and marked containers and with
information as to what to do in case of a spillage
DW

I buy my Meths at Wilkinsons (Wilko), and if memory serves me well, it was
£0.99 for 500mL.

Paul R

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

Mark W wrote:

In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit having
to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or something?



hairdressers' / beauty salons' wholesaler?


Nope. They tend to use 250mol bottles ONLY.

Roger wrote:

The message
from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:


In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?


I got a gallon can 25 years ago from Strand Glass but no idea whether it
is still available. Let me know if you find a source. I have some
fibreglass repairs I have to do some time and my can rusted through and
I lost whatever was still in it.


Well I found 500ml here http://www.fibretechgb.co.uk/DefaultHome.htm for
£3.50.which isn't too bad. I'll get some next time I buy carbon fibre...

In article , "The Natural
Philosopher" says...
Bill Woods wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

At present my local hardware shop sells it for a rather expensive
£1.75 / 500ml.

I don't see meths listed online at any of the websites for Homebase,
Focus or B&Q. Do these DIY chains actually stock meths and what do
they charge?

Or maybe there are cheaper places to buy meths?

ALternatively I am told that ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL (also
called ISOPROPANOL) is a good cleaner but the only place I have seen
it is the chemists and they charge handsomely for it! Maybe there is
a cheapish source for ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL?

In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?

http://www.resin-supplies.co.uk/Pricelist.htm
or similar?

In uk.d-i-y Mary Fisher wrote:

wrote in message ...
In uk.d-i-y Mary Fisher wrote:

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Now there's a helpful comment! :-)

Well it's cheaper and safer than meths and very good at cleaning - that's
what it's designed for :-)

For some things maybe but there are applications for which some sort of
alcohol is by far the best cleaning agent. I made what I thought
was a reasonable assumption that the OP had a specific cleaning
requirement that needed alcohol and that he wasn't just washing his
hands with it.

--
Chris Green

"Mary Fisher" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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In uk.d-i-y Mary Fisher wrote:

"Bill Woods" wrote in message
...
I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

I use soap.

Now there's a helpful comment! :-)

Well it's cheaper and safer than meths and very good at cleaning - that's
what it's designed for :-)

Soap is a wetting agent and is not a good cleaner and it doesn't kill germs
either.
That is why soap powders have been replaced by detergents as they are far
better at cleaning.


Meths isn't very good at cleaning either, it is a solvent and you have to
keep diluting and then removing the solution.
There are better degreasers (for example) but they are a bit more dangerous
in the wrong hands.

Meths is still useful as antifreeze in the windscreen washers but it can
attack the wiper rubbers.

Rob Morley wrote:


In teh sasme veind, anyine know where to get 5l of ACETONE withouit
having to prove I am a vicar or definitely NOT refiniong cociane or
something?


http://www.resin-supplies.co.uk/Pricelist.htm
or similar?

MAGIC!!!

In message ,
"dennis@work" writes

Meths isn't very good at cleaning either, it is a solvent and you have to
keep diluting and then removing the solution.
There are better degreasers (for example) but they are a bit more dangerous
in the wrong hands.

The useful thing about alcohol-based solvents is that they are miscible
with both water and organic compounds.

--
Steve Walker

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from raden contains these words:

Petrol is only 80p a litre.....

Tastes awful though

Has a better nose than brake-fluid.

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Skipweasel.
In the beginning was the word.
And the word was Aardvark.

It was somewhere outside Barstow when Bill Woods
wrote:

I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.

Anyone got a source for undyed meths without the pyridine ? I'm
using it as a solvent for shellac in french polishing. I can live with
the methanol, but the stench of pyridine is horrible.

Price not really an issue !

At the moment I'm using pure (sic) ethanol, which is a royal pain to
get hold of.

I would say the best place to source it would probably be dedicated
chemical supplier. Some will show to private individuals but be prepared
to buy a fair amount. You will be able to get everything from MS grade
ethanol (very expensive) to cheap slosh-it-round-glassware grade which
will probably only be denatured with methanol. Even the cheap stuff will
come with a breakdown of it's contents.

Maybe try Sigma Aldrich (www.sigmaaldrich.com).

Graham

Andy Dingley wrote:
It was somewhere outside Barstow when Bill Woods
wrote:


I use METHYLATED SPIRITS as a cleaner in the home and garage. I want
to buy a couple of litres.


Anyone got a source for undyed meths without the pyridine ? I'm
using it as a solvent for shellac in french polishing. I can live with
the methanol, but the stench of pyridine is horrible.

Price not really an issue !

At the moment I'm using pure (sic) ethanol, which is a royal pain to
get hold of.