Homebrew PCBs

I know what you mean, but there probably are places selling the chemicals.
I didn't believe it either before i found a shop that still sells plain  
chemicals here in Austria.

Check google UK. It _will_ be hard to find, but i'm sure there is at least  
one place.
It does seem to the general public those chemicals are not sold, but it is  
really only a matter of finding the right shop. I doubt there are more  
stringent laws than in the rest of the EU, there is no good reason to keep  
you away from ammonia really. Drugstores tend to ask silly questions, they  
do that everywhere, but they have to deal with lotsa lunatics and ill  
people. Chemicals shops have to do with lots of people who need the  
chemicals for technical purposes, for them it is not a strange thing, like  
it is for the drugstores. Also the prices will be quite different.

ST

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 11:24:52 +0200, Lez <lez.briddon@...> wrote:

> does ammonia have another name? is it sold as a cleaner under a brand  
> name?
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> Chemicals cant really be bought in the uk, unless you go to a bulk
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> industrial supplier, who want paperwork just to sell water...........
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> Its like what you americans call 'lye'(caustic soda), you cant buy it
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> off the shelf here etc, IPA, drugstore only (chemist) and then its 20
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> questions to see why you want it and if you can get more than 20ml you
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> have won a the grand prize.
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> I dont know why our country is like this, its ''health and safety''  
> rules mad.
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> Only solvent I can buy in a bottle is methlated spirit, then its got a
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> blue dye in it that tastes awful to stop the bums drinking it instead
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> of french wine.
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> Uk inksuppliers, PC world or cheap clone cartridges from the likes of
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> 'inkrite' etc so all dye based.
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> Its like living on an island..........
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