If you are a chemist with the ability to make it from scratch,
There is also
http://www.postapplescientific.com/You can probably find a distributor of elementals within driving range, thus
saving on shipping.
If you can find a recipe for a non cyanide, fluro, or formaldehyde... carbon
or graphite system. By all means - post it.
JT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Amundson" <ron_amundson@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] THP line questions was Re: Welding PVC - OT
> > > Next, Has anyone found a good US supplier of the "commercial" THP
> > > chemicals, like the Bungard chemistry Markus uses? Is Bungard sold in
> > > the USA?
> > >
>
> I don't think Bungard is sold here. You can easily purchase THP chem, if
you
> are an industrial account, and can jump through all of the regulatory
hoops,
> and don't mind 55 gallon drums. I have never found a small volume supplier
> of THP chem.
>
> I order from Alpha, and you can get just about any chemicals you can think
> of. However Alpha sells analytical chem, not tech grade, and as such are
> really really expensive. Also, they do some background checking, as for
> obvious reason's they don't want their chem used for WMD or drugs. As
such,
> they really screen their customers, even if you order something inert.
> Unfortunately, the prices and screening may keep things out of the
hobbyist
> realm. http://www.alfa.com/alf/index.htm
>
> Another source which is easy to deal with, and pretty cheap is elemental
> scientific. However you would need to prepare the solutions from scratch
so
> to speak. http://www.elementalscientific.net/
>
> Then theres think and tinker.
>
http://www.thinktink.com/cgi-bin/cart.pl?db=condink.dat&category=Conductive_Plating_Ink
>
http://www.thinktink.com/cgi-bin/cart.pl?db=copplat.dat&category=Acid_Copper_Consumables
>
> Good luck
> Ron
>
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