Can Isopropyl Alcohol be bought freely in Ireland?

IDencI

I need to purchase some Isopropyl Alcohol for Mobile Phone repairs (needs to be as close to 100% as possible) but i need to know, Can I buy it over the counter? Is there some sort of licence required? Also where can it be bought??
Thanks in Advance

Sugar Free

IDencI wrote: »

I need to purchase some Isopropyl Alcohol for Mobile Phone repairs (needs to be as close to 100% as possible) but i need to know, Can I buy it over the counter? Is there some sort of licence required? Also where can it be bought??
Thanks in Advance

I've bought it through eBay several times (95%) with no issues. I don't see why it would be controlled.

Spook_ie

IDencI wrote: »

I need to purchase some Isopropyl Alcohol for Mobile Phone repairs (needs to be as close to 100% as possible) but i need to know, Can I buy it over the counter? Is there some sort of licence required? Also where can it be bought??
Thanks in Advance

[url]Http://cpcireland.farnell.com/isopropyl-alcohol-ipa[/url]

Try there

visual

You can buy it commercially but its smallest quantity when I done this years ago was 1 gallon tin.

Chemist will sell it in small bottles

Awkward Customer

I got some last year. Yes it can be bought in chemists however they'll will charge quite a bit. I think I was charged 17quid for 500ml was quite expensive. If you're not in a hurry you can order it from farnell.com and you'll get like 1 litre for half the price. I'm sure if you shop around you'll find others selling it too.

Mycroft H

Methylated spirits can be bought in many hardware shops. I've used it for cleanimg electronics

IDencI

visual wrote: »

You can buy it commercially but its smallest quantity when I done this years ago was 1 gallon tin.

Chemist will sell it in small bottles

Thanks for the info. Will they need to ask any questions as in what do you need it for?

gordongekko

IDencI wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Will they need to ask any questions as in what do you need it for?

Just tell them you use it for cleaning the warts on your knob

beano345

Rubbing alcohol has a pretty high alcohol concentrate,used to be able to buy in the dollar stores in Canada not so sure about here

candytog

IDencI wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Will they need to ask any questions as in what do you need it for?

I rang all the chemists in town and none of them sold it. I ordered a 2 litre bottle of the stuff on ebay from a guy in Sligo for around 20 quid.

IDencI

gordongekko wrote: »

Just tell them you use it for cleaning the warts on your knob

Id rather not get banned from a chemist. Thanks

Karl Stein

You can use the juice of an onion as a substitute.

IDencI

Karl Stein wrote: »

You can use the juice of an onion as a substitute.

Cant tell if your being serious or not?

Karl Stein

IDencI wrote: »

Cant tell if your being serious or not?

It can be used clean stains off PVC masks.

bonzodog2

I bought 250ml in a chemist in Galway for 3 euro or so

IDencI

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I bought 250ml in a chemist in Galway for 3 euro or so

That's the cheapest ive heard of!

visual

IDencI wrote: »

Thanks for the info. Will they need to ask any questions as in what do you need it for?

Didn't ask any questions other than how much I wanted and how was I paying

the PETA files

Good coverup, pretending it needs to be close to 100%. We both know what you really want it for, you dirty man.

My name is URL

Most pharmacies will order it for you if you ask them. I regularly buy it and it's dirt cheap

Foran Chemicals are the supplier

Lu Tze

pretty sure radionics do it as well

MarkR

I picked up a 500 ml bottle in a chemist, and I think it was €6.

Wabbit Ears

Bought many a tin of the stuff in maplins when I used to do printer repairs. And by Printer repairs I do mean fill a bell jar with Mary-anne Johanna and iso alcohol and leave it in a dark place for a few days followed by evaporation in a clean sterile environment under heat lamps.


I may have said to much..

FanadMan

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I bought 250ml in a chemist in Galway for 3 euro or so

Which chemist? I need to get some too. Bottle I have is nearly empty.

randy hickey

Used to buy it from AS Composites in Sligo - they were the cheapest I could find anywhere for bulk IPA.
Their website seems to have gone missing, but I see there is a UK version of the website that may be able to help you:

http://www.as-composites.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=143_152&products_id=1661

beano345

Ad popped up there at the bottom of the page

http://mistralie.co.uk/products/ipa-isopropyl-alcohol-technical?gclid=CMfHl8ixgsECFaJ82wodMzEABw

bodhrandude

The two Euro stores used to sell a CD cleaning kit that would have a bottle of isopropyl, I don't know if you can still get them there, but worth a try.

martin6651

Got some in Boot's in Galway about 2 week ago