Isopropyl Alcohol

Raiser

Where can I buy Isopropyl Alcohol - also known as rubbing alcohol?

- Its a great general purpose solvent and I used the last of mine (which I'd actually got in a little bottle as part of a cassette head cleaning kit) at the weekend removing a toddlers marker scribbles from a leather couch - it did a perfect restoration job and am sure the couch would still be wrecked without this nifty stuff!

You see it in shops/supermarkets near the household cleaning products when abroad but is its sale restricted in Ireland? - can we not resist the urge to add it to blinding cocktails? :P

mrtom

Time to get ripped off by your local chemist. Bend over and try not to flinch as he or she looks for E13.75 for 500ml.

lucernarian

I've seen DIY warehouses being mentioned for this stuff. Methylated spirits should do a near-identical job chemically speaking. Get that if you can find it cheaply, but I doubt that somehow:D. The chemist could charge you a good bit for that, and you'll have to have a reason for wanting meths also.

Hell Toupee

You can buy in large quantities up north:
http://www.mistral.ie/about.php

Hell Toupee

IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL4 x 5L£;75.00IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL5L£;22.50IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL12x1L£;100.40IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL1L£;10.04IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL24x500ml£;106.64IPA ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL500ml£;5.32

Hell Toupee

Sorry the prices are a bit all over the camp. Its from the web site 'hic'

mrtom

Description

Isopropyl Alcohol is a highly versatile solvent which has a 1001 uses. Second only to water it is the most commonly used liquid for cleaning and is found in millions of products world wide.

* A Disinfectant for food preparation surfaces, table tops, counters, bars and other hard surfaces.
* Antiseptic and antibacterial agent.
* A general cleaner – excellent for cleaning glass & lenses. Can be used to clean virtually any surface. Removes light grease, oils, dirt, food stains etc. Evaporates quickly and leaves surface squeaky clean.
* A specialist cleaner – for computer equipment, electronic devices, contact pins, floppy disk drive heads, lenses of LASERS in optical disc drives (DVD,CD), removes thermal paste of CPUs. Cleans printer heads including Thermal Transfer.
* A sterilizer – For sterilising hands when preparing food or for medical personnel working in surgeries, clinics, First Aid Rooms, Nursing Homes, Hospitals etc.
* Sterilizing utensils, equipment etc eg acupuncturists needles, hairdressers combs etc.
* An Anti-Foamer and foam inhibitor.
* Can be mixed with fragrances to make airfreshners and deodorants.
* Can be used as a Deodoriser for spraying into shoes to eliminate odours.
* Used to make Rinse agents for Dishwashers.
* A solvent for diluting lacquers, PVC adhesives, dyes and printing inks.
* A graffiti remover for removing inks, markers, lipstick etc.
* A Deicer for locks and windscreens.
* Add to Windscreen washer reservoir for a spotless windscreen every time.
* Antifreeze.
* A fuel additive for dissolving water or ice in fuel lines.
* Cosmetics – hand lotions, deodorants, aftershaves.
Body Rub – relieves muscle stiffness.


Enjoy !!

whosedaddy?

I think you can get Isopropyl Alcohol at Maplin. Donno the price tho.

10-10-20

Here you are:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=28994&C=SO&U=strat15

dingding

You should be able to get it in a liquid form i.e. a bottle rather than an Aerosol in any Chemist. Used to use it in the last job.

Generally they will ask what you want it for, in case they think you are going to drink it.

Don't know the price as it is over 10 years since I had to buy the stuff.

Wertz

Why not just buy meths? Any decor store will have it, without the rip off pharmacy prices or 20 questions...500ml costs about 4-5 quid.

not to be used for the like of swabbing cuts or grazes but since I think the OP wants it for cleaning/solvent use, meths will do the same as ethyl/isopropyl

Alun

Wertz wrote: »

Why not just buy meths? Any decor store will have it, without the rip off pharmacy prices or 20 questions...500ml costs about 4-5 quid.

not to be used for the like of swabbing cuts or grazes but since I think the OP wants it for cleaning/solvent use, meths will do the same as ethyl/isopropyl

For electronic use, I thought that meths leaves a residue behind which isn't acceptable on electronic contacts. I'm not sure whether this is something inherent to meths, or due to the purple dye they put into it.

Carlow52

mrtom wrote: »

Description

Isopropyl Alcohol is a highly versatile solvent which has a 1001 uses. Second only to water it is the most commonly used liquid for cleaning and is found in millions of products world wide.

...including Body Rub – relieves muscle stiffness.


Enjoy !!

So thats the problem:D

Wertz

Alun wrote: »

For electronic use, I thought that meths leaves a residue behind which isn't acceptable on electronic contacts. I'm not sure whether this is something inherent to meths, or due to the purple dye they put into it.

Only things electronic I've ever used it on are tape heads and never had any problems, no experience of using it on delicate circuitry.
I mainly use it for degreasing and clearing fine dust from timber prior to finish coats. The dye is very low concentration...I know white rags I use in it dry out with no purple colour remaining.

Amalgam

Raiser, if you're in Dublin, nearly all chemists will have the 500ml bottle, in fact, just about everyone will flog you Isopropyl Alcohol from the same brand\source.



Between 11 and 15 euro typically, shop around.

Ehh.. someone mentioned Maplins, the Dublin branch nearly always only have 100ml available, for some reason, at a fool's price.

Eire Go Brach

This should be easy to find. It is great stuff. I use 25 Lt a month in work.

Cringer

Ok - there must be a huge demand for this stuff as I have been into three chemists in D15 and none of them have ever stocked it.

Anyone purchased any in D15 area?

Thanks

10-10-20

I checked with the pharmacy suppliers in the past and none of them seems to supply IPA.
You could try a lab suppliers such as www.lennox.ie instead?

ennisa

Methylated spirits is Denatured alcohol with methanol ( the purple stuff ) added to stop people drinking it. Most hardware stores will have it. You also use it for shellac ( buttons or flakes ) you dissolve them in the alcohol and different concentrations to make different 'cuts' and then when you apply it to the wood the alcohol evaporates off leaving the shellac finish behind.

kaedan

Just needed to buy some Isopropyl Alcohol for some electronics cleaning.

Went to local chemist ( its a Boots ) and the very helpful chemist gave me 100ml for 3.70. I was expecting to have to pay out the rear for more than I needed.

Happy customer

kitser

Hate to burst your little bubble, but there is a lot of evidence out there showing a link with IPA and cancer. Cancer patients tested had stored levels of ipa in the liver, whereas non cancer people don't.

kaedan

kitser wrote: »

Hate to burst your little bubble, but there is a lot of evidence out there showing a link with IPA and cancer. Cancer patients tested had stored levels of ipa in the liver, whereas non cancer people don't.

Kitser that information is now outdated. More recent research has found that it is not Isopropyl alcohol that may cause paranasal sinus cancer but the "strong-acid" process used to manufacture it.

Sorry to "burst your little bubble".

P.S. Please actually check that the information you are giving is accurate before making comments like that.

paddy147

Eh,guys,the OP asked where he could get the stuff.

He is only using a small bit of it to clean out some leccy gadget and removing a mark from a bit of furniture,hes not going to get cancer from it like that and die.

Stop making a mountain out of a molehill.

Some people.....eh?:rolleyes:

kitser

true he only wants a drop, but others are on extolling this great stuff, rub it into stiff muscles etc. and it has been shown as a factor, together with the intestinal fluke, and cannot become outdated. i realise its off the point so i'll say no more.

Gian-Pa

I bought a bottle the other day to can my Apple Wireless keyboard (the aluminium one), which I've spilled over some orange juice maybe a month gaol
The problem was that it's like the shift key was pressed all the time.
I tried before taking all the keys close the shift buttons but the problem just started again after a while.

I tried to find it in Boots in St. Stephen Green but they didn't have it or I didn't make my self understood.
But i found it in Boots in Grafton st.
500ml bottle for 13.83€….

At least after using this alcohol to clean my keyboard, it finally wen back to work today!

Thanks for the tips guys.

EDIT: to early to talk victory… few minutes after writing this the shift key problem started again… one more time back into soaking into the alcohol… hopefully the third time would be the one that counts.

Lex Luthor

i buy it from RS in dublin in small tins with a spray nozzle.
I dunno about using it on leather though. I would have thought it would dry it out and make it brittle

Stevolende

Just found a Matt Flaherty chemists in Galway selling bottles of the stuff in 100ml and 200ml sizes. Hoping that this is the purish stuff. I asked and there was no comment on the dispensing vat bottle thingy this came out of. 100ml for 1.51 Eur. Great stuff.
Alternative was a larger bottle for 15Eur from Boots, or another chemist on Shop St.
Just hoping this is the real deal not the 15% stuff I was warned wouldn't clean the dvd burner laser I bought it for.

aido76

If you know anyone working in a medical device factory, they should be able to get you a bottle of it.

uvguessedit

hi everyone.. anyone know where i could buy about 5 ltrs of this?? Need it for brush cleaning... thanks!

earpiece

My understanding is that you require a licence to purchase more than 500ml at a time.

jellybeans

does anyone know where I can get this in the city centre?

biko

Not sure about Cork but I think Boots has it.
Or get it on ebay, I do.

Alun

biko wrote: »

Or get it on ebay, I do.

I'm surprised they'll send it through the post to be honest.

biko

Maybe but I never had an issue and its usually wrapped in plastic.

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Isopropyl-Alcohol-99-7-500ml-1-litre-2-5-litre-/230778347577?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_205&var=&hash=item7b69a9c14b

cotton

You could always try a camera shop or photographic lab, it's used to clean negatives & photographic equipment.:)

Gurgle

Farnell

hignitz

Try http://www.as-ireland.com I got a Litre bottle of 99.7% Isopropanol for €15 delivered to Dublin 24