MrBungle

Yeah I know, sorry, that quote just kinda got me started...

Thanks for the sources guys, especialy AMPS.
I used to get my chems from Roe Chemicals here in the west, they had all the oxidisers, metal powders etc, at a high price ofcourse(how does $83 for 500g BaNO3 sound? that was 1990!) but they seem to have gone out of business sometime in the last few years. Probably couldn't keep customers at that pricing.

I bought 500g of Silform KNO3 in '95 for $12 at Alwest Scientific in Perth city, I think it was pretty pure lab stuff. He made me sign some papers when I bought it but I think he was just worried 'coz I looked young(I was 20). Haven't been back since but he is still in business.
Last lot of KNO3 I bought was from a local hardware(the family business type) that had agri stuff. It cost me about $2.50 for 2kg or something stupid, I kid you not, but it smelled sweet, almost chocolatey, and was largish grains, but it ground down okay and burnt well. I might re-crystalise whats left tho.

Alan, Bunnings whorehouse(hehe) sells lump charcoal, atleast it does here. I have not tried it tho 'coz I make my own willow.

As I'm just getting back into it, I'm a tad out of touch, but if I find/think of anything else, I'll drop it here.

Simon

EDIT: Hey I've just had a thought, a close friend of mine recently started working for Wesfarmers or Coogee Chemicals, can't remember which, but thats where they actually manufacture a lot of the stuff. I'll see if he has access to anything.(BTW, Wesfarmers owns Bunnings, BBQ Galore, WA Slavage(Salvage) and Spotlight, if your interested, great WA company )

If one more person starts a topic on where to buy KCLO4 I think my head will detonate. That topic has been posted to death, and we'd all really appreciate it if you searched!

Somewhat off topic......

Get used to it.
I don't mean to be rude, but the fact is, it's only going to get worse.
How do I know? I've seen it all before.
I'm a member of the following forum:
http://www.rcgroups....?topic=air-elec
It used to look just like this one.
When I first registered there it was a nice friendly place with a couple thousand members, no advertising, the forum's server was fast and never got attacked, it was nice.
Now there's 27,000+ members, sometimes more than 1200 on at one time(900ish when I just had a look), there have been numerous server upgrades, advertising to pay for it all, even special memberships with bonuses to pay for it all, the server gets attacked by hackers/script kiddies etc on a fairly regular basis.
The admins/moderators and old-time members have given up on the "please search", I think most of them now just copy/paste the replies to common questions.
One moderator there has clocked up over 10,000 posts since I've been a member, I'm sure it would have to be a full-time job for him now.
To be totaly honest I don't even go there these days, too big and slow now.
And too many idiots.

I don't think pyrotechnics is a popular enough subject to attract a membership as large as that, lets hope not, it really has ruined what was once an awesome forum.

Sorry about the doom and gloom, I can't see this forum getting as big, but the membership here will grow, and the number of repetetive posts is likely to follow suit.

Simon

I just noticed they now have 2, 3 even 4 moderators per forum! It's really getting out of control.

There is also a cheap place called Silform Chemicals in Paramatta but i think they might only sell to schools (which is fine for me) hehehe.

I just realised where I've seen that name before.
Checked an old (1992) Receipt from a chem supply in Perth and yep, its got 500g KNO3 written on it, from Silform ... Cost me $12 in '92 for half a K! Hate to think what it would cost me now.

Simon

EDIT: Just checked the guy's scribble again, its '95 not '92

All this is saying is that you can't buy from anyone who dosn't have a license to sell.

Pokie Machines??    I have no idea what this is but it sounds like its a good thing their illegal.

I understood that ofcourse, but I also mistakenly read it as saying they were a licenced Qld company in Qld.... easy to do when your just quickly flicking around websites half taking things in.

A pokie machine is one of those things you drop(poke) coins in, and then pull a lever and you get 3 lemons, or 1 lemon 2 stars etc etc. Las Vegas is full of them I believe, as are lots of clubs/bars and pubs in some Australian states.

I've never had problems with stuff from skylighter either, but paying $50 USD each time for shipping is getting pretty painful and it takes *three or four months* to get here by surface, which is just insane when it is ment to be 4-6 weeks.

$50US ?!?!?
Hmmm, there goes that idea.
Thanks for the warning.

Simo