Acetone\95% alcohol

shrimp67 · Post by **shrimp67** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:16 pm

Hello,
I'm in need of acetone or 95% alcohol to dilute epoxy resin\paint I'm using.
Where can I get them legally in a reasonable price in Helsinki?

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Keravalainen · Post by **Keravalainen** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 1:45 pm

Hi!
You can buy both stuff in a hardware store. No problems.

90+% ethanol (=alcohol) for cleaning purposes can be bought with brand name Sinol.
- In Finnish we call that "Denaturoitu sprii" (denaturated spirit). - - Denaturation makes it impossible for drinking purposes.

Acetone can be purchased in a hardware store, too. It's called Asetoni.

Hope this helps.

shrimp67 · Post by **shrimp67** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:00 pm

Thank you for your help, I will go to K-rauta later this week to see what they have.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:34 pm

Sinol can be found at gas stations too. Or at least that would be the first place I'd look for one.

Rip · Post by **Rip** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:10 am

shrimp67 wrote: About denatured alcohol, I'm working in a laboratory, you'll be surprised how many times the people there made cocktails with denatured alcohol (I once tasted, it was aweful ).

Are you sure? I thought people in actual chemistry labs also have access to 99.x% alcohol without additives (Etax is, I think, one common brandname). Maybe they are just very good in making cocktails....

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