Industrial Meths

[Strungout]

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..

No worries,

Great "original" hardware,they sell almost everything!

If you cant get the metho, let me know.

I am down that way a few times a week, and I will keep my eye open .I think they bottle it up them selves from bulk.

Bit cheaper than Carbi Tech.

Greg

[Wizened of Oz]

We do keep confusing the issue with talking of "Industrial meths". I can buy containers branded Industrial methylated spirits at every paint store, hardware and cleaning supplies in town. It's all 95%.
If you want the anhydrous (that is, no water) stuff you have to specify 100IMS.

[soundman]

I havn't even be able to locate anything labled 95% close to home lately.
It's all consumer grade metho...... is it 95%...... I don't know.

Anyway...... 100% IMS seems to be getting very hard to find these days.


cheers

[Wizened of Oz]

Anyway...... 100% IMS seems to be getting very hard to find these days.

cheers

I went to a local paint store and had them order it in. Had to take 20L which will last me to the end of my days.
I could bring some next time I'm in Brisbane.....which may be a month or so, I was there today.

[soundman]

I was thinking that getting a 100% IMS consortium together might be worthwhile.

split a 20 5 ways wouldnt be all that difficult.

cheers

[Wizened of Oz]

I was thinking that getting a 100% IMS consortium together might be worthwhile.

split a 20 5 ways wouldnt be all that difficult.

cheers

Okay. I'll bring my 20.

[Shedhand]

I get 100% IMS from my local 3D Paint Store. They have to order it in and I buy 6 X 1 litre bottles at a time. I store it in a cool, dark lockable cupboard. Find one in your area here http://www.3dpaintstore.com.au/home.html

[Wizened of Oz]

Sheddie,
You've jogged my memory. Yes, I was offered the option of 1L or 20L with no in between sizes. ISTR they quoted $12 for 1L so I opted for 20L at $108.

[Shedhand]

Sheddie,
You've jogged my memory. Yes, I was offered the option of 1L or 20L with no in between sizes. ISTR they quoted $12 for 1L so I opted for 20L at $108.

Hmm. Its about 8 months ago but I think I only paid about 6 or 7 bucks for a 1 litre bottle from 3D

[soundman]

Ok brian well have speaks about this when I return from the north.

cheers

[jmk89]

I have discovered a supplier of 100% Meths in Brookvale (Sydney): Durobond

[astrid]

This is a pretty old thread,
but if you want the brushes for french polishing,
go to the chemist and get manicare make up brushes,
there very soft and fine and after soaking in meths to remove any loose hair, they dont disolve in alcohol.
they also come fitted withthis really neat pull up to keep it in shape.

astrid

[Shedhand]

This is a pretty old thread,
but if you want the brushes for french polishing,
go to the chemist and get manicare make up brushes,
there very soft and fine and after soaking in meths to remove any loose hair, they dont disolve in alcohol.
they also come fitted withthis really neat pull up to keep it in shape.

astrid

Ahh the girls...don't you just love 'em... Good tip Astrid. Have a greenie..

[astrid]

Thanks shedhand,
Make sure they are Manicare, thay come in different sizes too.
I have bought other brands but the hairs fell out

Astrid

[jmk89]

This is a pretty old thread,
but if you want the brushes for french polishing,
go to the chemist and get manicare make up brushes,
there very soft and fine and after soaking in meths to remove any loose hair, they dont disolve in alcohol.
they also come fitted withthis really neat pull up to keep it in shape.

astrid

thanks for the tip Astrid, I have often wondered whether those brushes were any good.

Another tip on brushes is for use when you are using a liquid frequently but in small batches. In my case, this is often the case for blue layout fluid when I am doing metalwork or for thinners.

I decant the liquid into a small pill bottle, a Vegemite jar or whatever - pill bottles are good because of the childproof caps since I have a 4 yo and a 2 yo (ever noticed how many more of these pil;l bottles you get now that you are geting older?). I then choose a brush (for layout fluid I use one of the metal handles "disposibles") and drill a hole in the lid the right size for the handle and epoxy the lid to the handle at a height that keeps the bristles 3mm above the bottom of the bottle with the lid screwed down. In fact I have now done this with many of my brushes (even fine house paint brushes), because it makes it easier to keep them upright in thinners and not bend the bristles over!!!

BTW I added the source for IMS to this thread (and resurrected it, hence the title to my post "Ping") so that if someone searches for "Meth" they will get all the info concerning sources of IMS in Sydney in one spot rather than having several threads to read through. Not sure if that is the best etiquette, but I thought you might have been wondering why I did it that way rather than just start a new thread.