The shelves are bare. Where can I get isopropyl alcohol?

Check out auto stores for gasoline anti-freeze it's just 99% alcohol.

 

I've seen some 50% still on the shelves. Seems there is an easy process to bring that up to 70%


https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Salt-Out/

 

In Canada we use Univar. I just ordered a big drum... All the stores here have an artificial shortage, but the big chemical suppliers only sell to businesses, so plenty of stock. It's a company that just does chemicals... We do lots of screen printing stuff, so they carry what we need even though we don't need 99% of what they offer. I'd search your area for a chemical supplier.

 

Acetone will work. It is not as mild as alcohol so you have to be a little careful around plastic and not leave it to dry on painted surfaces out in the sun (wet rag - dry rag). In the paint & body shop we used it all the time for cleaning just about everything.

 

We use it straight up.

 

Rapid prep leaves behind a film.. You're supposed to use rapid prep, then use rapid tac afterwards to clean the rapid prep away. We usually use alcohol, but sadly rapid prep by itself isn't enough - You could likely use soap + water to get it away... but if you've never used rapid prep before, just know you need to clean it off afterwards

 

I have always used denatured alcohol & never had issues.

 

We use denatured alcohol. It is ethanol with de-denaturing additives such as methanol to make it toxic so kids can't drink it. It is stronger than ISO so dilute to 25/75 (glass) or 50/50 alcohol (clean) to distilled water. Buy in gallon can at Lowes for about $16.

 

http://www.criticalcleaning.com/products/product?Category=liquid&Item=D005

We buy 5 of the 5 gallons at a time.

 

Tubelite has 99% alcohol in stock and you can also buy Denatured alcohol at Lowes and Home Depot.

Bob P

 

Been using denatured alcohol for nearly 20 years. Haven't had a problem yet.

 

In a pinch, a little bit of Gem Clear PGA will do...

 

Just picked up the last gallon of 70% in Tractor Supply. If they have it it is in the Animal area. Wish they had 91%. It's humid in Florida and the 70% evaporates leaving the water behind.

For the past week, I have been adding 30% Acetone to stretch my supply.

 

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We use alcohol in our fountain solutions for our offset presses.
I Purchase 99% isopropanol alcohol in five gallon cans from Mac Papers my paper supplier.

 

I was able to find some isopropyl at an animal feed shop (somewhere with animal first aid products). They were able to special order 2 qts for me. Not sure if you have something of the sort near you.. it took me 13 stops (literally) before I was able to find a source.


also was able to easily find denatured alcohol in the paint section of home depot.