[TheForge] Finding Lye etc. (OT) Now Finding Nitric

[Grover Richardson]

Places that plate metal use nitric.  It is possible that they may give or
sell you a small amount.  The one I work at on the side gets it in 30 gallon
(roughly sizing by vision) stainless containers.

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>*>[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barking Crow
>*>Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 9:59 AM
>*>To: Sponsored by ABANA
>*>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Finding Lye etc. (OT) Now Finding Nitric
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>*>
>*>Lynn,
>*>
>*>I live in Tallahassee and my wife runs Barking Crow Soap so 
>*>we use lots of 
>*>lye (NaOH) which we get in 50 lb bags at a local chemial 
>*>suppy house.  They 
>*>don't know what you want if you ask for lye, but have 50 lb 
>*>bags of sodium 
>*>hydroxide for as I remember $35 or so.   I keep expecting 
>*>the meth squad to 
>*>follow me home, but they haven't yet.  They also carry 
>*>nitric acid which I 
>*>wanted some of a while back for some passivation.  The cost 
>*>which I don't 
>*>remember was reasonable but I was stopped by the $200 deposit on the 
>*>stainless container that its shipped in.   You might try to 
>*>find out from a 
>*>similar concern who they sell to and see if you could buy a 
>*>bit from them.
>*>
>*>Happy to be back on the forge,  Jeff Valentine 
>*>
>*>
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