> Also, I think you will find "Muriatic" is an old world term, and should be commonly understood there in the UK as well as here in the New World. Masons have used it since antiquity and it is used in many other trades.
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Yes maybe, but it wont be on sale as that in the uk, even under a
different name, we DONT sell chemicals over the counter in the UK,
they have to ordered, with all the paperwork, from checmical supply
companies.
So, the only way in the UK to get something is to hope that it has a
legitimate use for sale, IE lye for cleaning drains, although very
rare is lye sold in the uk, or that it is used in sufficient
concentration in another kitchen product etc that it can be used as is
or refined.
This is all to do with bombs etc and general public safety, if its
harmful, we dont sell it, I cant imagine the amount of problems the
last bombers had to get anything..........
Lez