Isopropyl Alcohol

[gemfyre]

Where the hell does one buy 99% percent Isopropyl Alcohol??

We need some at work to clean the printer, nowhere seems to stock it, even in weaker dilutions and even labelled as Surgical Spirits.

My co-worker went out to get some, and after ringing and confirming that methylated spirits was not the same thing, bought back Chlorohexidine Scrub. The mind boggles.

ETA : After some research I discovered that Dick Smith's sells 99% Isopropyl Alcohol - labeled as head cleaner for tapes. We got some, I cleaned the printer, and it's all good!

Comments

[riverstar.livejournal.com]

surgical spirts....try a chemist, yhey use it often on newley periced ears
or at least they did way back when i was 10:)

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

See that's what I thought. And Surgical Spirits IS Isopropyl alcohol. But I looked in multiple chemists and supermarkets and couldn't find it!!

In the end the proper stuff turned out to be head cleaning fluid that you can buy from Dick Smith's. 99% pure and it did the trick.