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[nocker1]

can someone help me find a supply of sodium benzoate, i'm wanting to have a go at making a wistle mix for a while now but i've been looking for ages and can't seem to find anywhere to but it from in the uk. can someone put me in the right spot.

cheers

Gav

[BrightStar]

Hi Gav, welcome to the forum.

Sodium benzonate can be found from time to time on ebay. It's also available here:

Sodium benzoate - Aromantic skin care

There is a long thread devoted to buying chems BTW... it keeps things tidy if there aren't too many new threads...

Making whistle will make you suddenly scared when you next drink diet coke and the benzoate smell triggers an 'OMG explosives' reflex Do be careful though - whistle is dangerous stuff.

Edited by BrightStar, 29 October 2006 - 12:31 PM.

[nocker1]

thanks brightstar for the speedy reply, have you ever bougth from them? and how well does it go in wistle comps?

cheers

Gav

P.S. Thanks Again

[karlfoxman]

I have used it plenty of times from here, you will need to turn it to powder as mine came as little hundreds and thousands! Never ever grind when mixed and the components will need to be mixeed very well and the particles very small.

[phildunford]

Would suggest a coffee grinder as the 'hundreds and thousands' (lol - good description) are rather soapy and don't seem to ball mill very well. The material from Aromantic is pretty pure as it is intended as a component of cosmetics.

[nocker1]

thanks for all the replys, and advise. is the best way of mixing whistle screening or dipper?

cheers

Gav

[Mortartube]

Diaper, DO NOT SCREEN IT. It's sensitive like flash. Treat it with the same respect and caution as flash and you should be okay. Do not ram it, only press it.

[starseeker]

can someone help me find a supply of sodium benzoate, i'm wanting to have a go at making a wistle mix for a while now but i've been looking for ages and can't seem to find anywhere to but it from in the uk. can someone put me in the right spot.

cheers

Gav

Hi gav,
you can also buy it from www.skylighter.com,ready ballmilled and they will send this to the u.k,(just got some myself)
hope this helps,

[nocker1]

how long did it take to come from skylighter? i did see that they could ship it but i prefer buy chems from this country if possable.

but i'll bare it in mind

Thanks

[alex000]

how long did it take to come from skylighter? i did see that they could ship it but i prefer buy chems from this country if possable.

but i'll bare it in mind

Thanks

I got mine off ebay furtakerarn sold it to me still waiting for it come from US only has been a week tho.
How much is the postage from skylighter? And also the postage from the skin care place?

Thank you

Edited by alex000, 31 October 2006 - 04:57 PM.

[starseeker]

I got mine off ebay furtakerarn sold it to me still waiting for it come from US only has been a week tho.
How much is the postage from skylighter? And also the postage from the skin care place?

Thank you

When i got it i also got 500g red gum and i think the postage cost about £12,as for delivery,it was with me in less than a week.

[BigG]

Diaper, DO NOT SCREEN IT. It's sensitive like flash. Treat it with the same respect and caution as flash and you should be okay. Do not ram it, only press it.

I'm sorry Mortartube - this is not correct. Whistle is nowhere as sensetive as flash, and in the industery it is screened, not daipered. I would advise on Daipering in general with such metrials as they are powerful, and when they go wrong, they go very wrong, but if you use clean screens designated for benzoate/perchlorate mixtures, then you are probably okay.

DO NOT SCREEN FLASH!!! NEVER! and do not ram anything but BP.

Really, all of this is in plain details in other threads. Read.


Sorry for typos. No spell checker this time.

Edited by BigG, 06 November 2006 - 10:08 PM.

[Mortartube]

[quote name='BigG' date='Nov 6 2006, 10:08 PM' post='28970']
I'm sorry Mortartube - this is not correct. Whistle is nowhere as sensetive as flash, and in the industery it is screened, not daipered. I would advise on Daipering in general with such metrials as they are powerful, and when they go wrong, they go very wrong, but if you use clean screens designated for benzoate/perchlorate mixtures, then you are probably okay.

DO NOT SCREEN FLASH!!! NEVER! and do not ram anything but BP.

Really, all of this is in plain details in other threads. Read.
Sorry for typos. No spell checker this time.
[/quote

I never said that it was AS sensitive as flash, but I was trying to impart the fact that is considerably more sensitive than BP and needs careful handling. We never screened flash in the factory that I worked in but diapered it after the individual materials had been screened. Why take the risk, it is almost as destructive as flash if it all goes wrong. Whistle is sensitive to shock and friction and I don't feel like forcing it through a sieve. Each to their own I suppose.