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Buying Chemicals Easily in Mexico?

LuckyWinner - 1-10-2018 at 19:53

Im moving to Mexico for a while and would like to know if its easy to acquire
chemicals there for home experiments.

nabh4
HCL 37%

regular chemicals nothing extremely rare.

anyone can recommend some sources (pm)

gracias

Herr Haber - 2-10-2018 at 02:48

Hi,
Just googled the word salfuman (HCL in Spanish).
It is available no problem. But.... what's with the insane prices ?!!!

Texium - 2-10-2018 at 05:50

I never really considered going to Mexico for chemicals, even though it's just a three hour drive to the border for me. Getting into Mexico and buying chemicals would be the easy part though. Driving back across the border with a car full of chemicals would be the real tricky part...

LuckyWinner - 2-10-2018 at 08:10

Quote: Originally posted by Texium (zts16)  
I never really considered going to Mexico for chemicals, even though it's just a three hour drive to the border for me. Getting into Mexico and buying chemicals would be the easy part though. Driving back across the border with a car full of chemicals would be the real tricky part...


sounds like a legit concern but I do live in mexico for a while and have no intentions to drive the chemicals back to the USA.

I guess most 'sell it all' chemical stores in mexico dont have a webstore,
you need to make them out in your city and pay them a visit?

fusso - 2-10-2018 at 09:31

Quote: Originally posted by LuckyWinner  
Quote: Originally posted by Texium (zts16)  
I never really considered going to Mexico for chemicals, even though it's just a three hour drive to the border for me. Getting into Mexico and buying chemicals would be the easy part though. Driving back across the border with a car full of chemicals would be the real tricky part...


sounds like a legit concern but I do live in mexico for a while and have no intentions to drive the chemicals back to the USA.

I guess most 'sell it all' chemical stores in mexico dont have a webstore,
you need to make them out in your city and pay them a visit?
If you know that the physical stores do exist and don't have a website why not just visit them and buy there directly? Don't you wanna verify the chemicals' genuinity and avoid the shipping fees and time eh?

Herr Haber - 3-10-2018 at 02:48

LuckyWinner,

I guess by the lack of reaction you havent tried the google search I suggested.

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/manufacturera-insumos-ac...

LuckyWinner - 3-10-2018 at 09:06

Quote: Originally posted by Herr Haber  
LuckyWinner,

I guess by the lack of reaction you havent tried the google search I suggested.

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/manufacturera-insumos-ac...



thanks I know this website, its the ebay of mexico.
but arent there any good mexican lab reagents websites?

Herr Haber - 4-10-2018 at 03:10

Well I dont know I just tried to answer your first question.

Yes, HCL is available (but apparently you knew that already).

It's the outrageous prices that I supposed would surprise you. A few dollars /l in the US and 65 in Mx ? wtf?!

zed - 6-10-2018 at 15:35

Perhaps these are listed in Pesos?

I'll check.......................

Whoa! The peso isn't what it used to be. About 20 to the Dollar nowadays.

It used to be consistently either 8 or 12. I don't remember which......

OK, I checked again (it wasn't easy to find); for a very long time, the price was fixed at 12.5 pesos per dollar. The peso was 8 cents.

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by zed]

[Edited on 6-10-2018 by zed]

fusso - 6-10-2018 at 15:44

Quote: Originally posted by LuckyWinner  
Quote: Originally posted by Herr Haber  
LuckyWinner,

I guess by the lack of reaction you havent tried the google search I suggested.

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.mx/manufacturera-insumos-ac...



thanks I know this website, its the ebay of mexico.
but arent there any good mexican lab reagents websites?
I wonder if there's any ways to change the language to english and currency?

[Edited on 06/10/18 by fusso]