I have a friend who goes to Nevada fairly often so I have him purchase 4 bottles at a time for me to use for French polishing. You might see if anyone you know is heading to Reno or Las Vegas.I don't have access here in California to near pure distilled grain alcohol
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10 fingers in, 10 fingers out - another good day in the shop
10 fingers in, 10 fingers out - another good day in the shop
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I found the last "garden" supply store here in Chico has gallons of 200 proof ethyl and 99% denatured alcohol. Good price too.
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I read that California banned denatured alcohol. I assume you can still get ethyl alcohol. I think that works? Maybe it’s too expensive. Just an idea.
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The bottled stuff here is only sold at I believe 70%.
Too much water to use for French polish
That's California for you.
Too much water to use for French polish
That's California for you.
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Yeah I have a friend in Idaho I asked to bring some but I couldn't wait...they haven't made a trip my way in about 5 years when he came and picked up the Classical I built for him. French polished of course.
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Sorry about the neck pic. Not sure how that got in there
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Nothing wrong with a random neck pic.
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I believe you can get laboratory grade 95% ethyl alcohol on Amazon. Not cheap but you can get it.
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I've ordered it from https://www.laballey.com/ out of Texas delivered here in California. Once in a while they have shipping specials that don't include the hazardous material charge.