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Thread: Industrial Meths
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20th July 2007, 06:27 PM #16
Hi Les
No can do,
At ~95%, alcohol forms an azeotrope, or constant boiling mixture, which is why the commercial product is that concentration. To get 100% requires special techniques.Alastair
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20th July 2007, 10:28 PM #17
G'day les88,
Nope that's not gonna work.....sorry.
The stills they sell are pot stills and at best put out 80%.
The other deals are reflux stills for a lot more money, and their maximum output is 95%,
'cos unless you buggarise around with it....that's how ethanol exists.........purify it to 100%, and 10 minutes later its back at 95%. There's a scientific word for it which slips my mind at the moment.
Industrial meths is a different story.......what is added to the ethanol to make industrial methanol is not a water absorber.....(gotta remember that scientific word).
There's my $57:47 cents worth.
Stand by for incoming!!!!!
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20th July 2007, 10:29 PM #18
That's the bloody word!!!!
Thanks AlastairLast edited by watson; 20th July 2007 at 10:31 PM. Reason: Found the bloody word
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20th July 2007, 10:30 PM #19
Had some experience making hooch had you Noel?
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20th July 2007, 10:35 PM #20
No Fred,
My Mum taught me everything I know about Ethanol........78.5º Good.....68.5º Bad!!
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20th July 2007, 10:41 PM #21
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20th July 2007, 10:45 PM #22
G'day Glen,
Found here.
www.ubeaut.com.au/ubhome.htm
Its called the Polisher's Handbook.......beats the St James version hands down
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20th July 2007, 10:56 PM #23
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21st July 2007, 11:50 AM #24
I just stuck my nose into my local resene paints trade depot the other day & had a look at the meths they had on their shelf under their own label.
It was 95% and and said so on the label.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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21st July 2007, 12:50 PM #25
I was in Carba-Tec Sydney the other day and noted that they had bottles of 100% metho. It was on the bottom shelf near where the U-beaut stuff is kept. Can't remember the price. From memory the bottle was probably about 1 litre. It was a fairly plain translucent white bottle with a plain looking label. Can't remember the brand.
Regards,
Ian.
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21st July 2007, 03:51 PM #26
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Haymes distributors sell 100% Metho.
Otherwise pour it in an open container for a weeks. Tip out the water that is left and you'll be set
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24th July 2007, 09:22 PM #27
Went to Complete Hardware today and asked if they had the 100% Meth, all they could show me was the 96% Diggers brand. Bloke said that was all they ever had.
Will give Carba-Tec ago tomorrow, this 100% Meth is like finding the Holy Grail....
Jesmond, did you eventually get the good stuff ???
Squirrel...
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25th July 2007, 09:20 PM #28
That boofhead doesn't know what he is talking about. They do sell it.
Go to the paint section and ask them.I got some a few weeks ago.
Its in a 5 LT plastic bottle and has Industrial Metho on it- No brand name.
Its sitting on the shelf next to the shelac.
Cheers
Greg
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25th July 2007, 09:29 PM #29
Thanks Greg,
Must have been out, I know the shelf you are talking about, checked out the shelac also. The bloke that served me wasn't the usual sales man from that section, but I was with him when he gave the other bloke a call on the phone. I specifically asked for Industrial Meth and got the negative. I suppose all that read this forum bought them out. By the way not a bad little hardware for bits and pieces.
Squirrel..
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26th July 2007, 12:28 AM #30
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