Megak
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MEK?
Any way at all to obtain MEK with the exception of buying it from an organic dealer?
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Bot0nist
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Yeah, go to Shermin Williams, FinishMasters, etc and ask for methyl ethyl ketone. If they ask what you need it for, which they wont, say its to
reduce/clean off some solvent borne polyurethane based industrial coating. It's like 89$ usd for 5 gallons in my neck of the woods (SE USA).
My work just recently switched gears and left me with 15+ gallons of MEK and 5 gallons of toluene for 50 bucks.
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Quote: Originally posted by Bot0nist  | Yeah, go to Shermin Williams, FinishMasters, etc and ask for methyl ethyl ketone. If they ask what you need it for, which they wont, say its to
reduce/clean off some solvent borne polyurethane based industrial coating. It's like 89$ usd for 5 gallons in my neck of the woods (SE USA).
My work just recently switched gears and left me with 15+ gallons of MEK and 5 gallons of toluene for 50 bucks.
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I'm in NC, you'll have to tell me where you get all of your reagents. Thanks though, I'll have to look there! (If I can find a sherwin nearby....)
Side note, a small bottle of KCl (the no-salt, pure kind) cost 5 friggin dollars. I was widemouthed!
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No-salt is expensive. Cheaper to just buy the potassium chlorate. Though, the thermal decomposition of NaClO and subsequent metathesis with KCl to
precipitate KClO<sub>3</sub> is a fun synth, its not really economic.
I get nearly all my reagents from OTC sources. For hard to find stuff I use elementalscientific.net . They have great variety of reagents and are one
of the few vendors geared toward the individual hobbyist.
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Megak
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| Quote: Originally posted by Bot0nist | No-salt is expensive. Cheaper to just buy the potassium chlorate. Though, the thermal decomposition of NaClO and subsequent metathesis with KCl to
precipitate KClO<sub>3</sub> is a fun synth, its not really economic.
I get nearly all my reagents from OTC sources. For hard to find stuff I use elementalscientific.net . They have great variety of reagents and are one
of the few vendors geared toward the individual hobbyist.
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i knew about the decomp of naclo to get naclo3 and nacl, but i thought it was a bit impractical to separate the salt from the chlorate. i'm trying
matches for chlorate, i think it'll be better price-wise and for purity.
I also thought of getting the morton's lite salt and getting rid of the nacl
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A quick google came up with www.stratlab.co.uk
We use it at work to clean industrial ink jets.
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MEK is commonly sold as paint thinner. You may likely be able to find it in a "home improvement" or "hardware" store.
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Hmm, I'll look into that. I thought they were all acetone.
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I have found MEK, Acetone, Methanol, and Xylene at Home Depot.
All of the above plus Toluene at Ace and/or True Value hardware stores. Not every store has it but most seem to do.
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I buyed many solvents thinners but there are no names written on them will you tell me how to find which one is what
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