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----- Original Message -----
From: "dl5012" <dl5012@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:47 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Cleaning PCB without Acetone


> Hi Richard,
>
> I've bought 99% anhydrous isopropyl alcohol at a pharmacy in a
> hospital (special order) and at Frys Electronics. It runs around
> $4/pint. In the tekscopes group, someone said they bought it at
> Albertsons or Safeway...
>
> You can buy mail order from jameco.com -
> <http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?
> langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&productId=263572>
>
> Mail order in larger quantities may hit you with a hazmat charge.
> I've found places that sold it for around $15/gal, but hazmat fee of
> $40. Same with flux removers...
>
> Both IAP and ethanol are hygroscopic. IAP and acetone are highly
> flammable.

Acetone might be difficult to obtain, as it is a constituent of triacetone
triperoxide (TATP). TATP is the explosive of choice for suicide bombers -
easily made and very powerful.

Leon