DOW Flakes
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David,
Is the pool supply stuff pure enough to be used in our tank? Just curious.
Also - I think there was someone (I won't name who) who was thinking about doing a group buy for DowFlake and MagFlake. Baking soda and magnesium sulfate are cheap and easily accessible so I don't think it would be worth doing a group buy on those items.
Minh
Is the pool supply stuff pure enough to be used in our tank? Just curious.
Also - I think there was someone (I won't name who) who was thinking about doing a group buy for DowFlake and MagFlake. Baking soda and magnesium sulfate are cheap and easily accessible so I don't think it would be worth doing a group buy on those items.
Minh
MrMikeB
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I would love to find a supply in bulk of all the items in the 3 part solution. I cannot seem to find those items in large bulk sizes - and in bulk I mean like 50lbs of the stuff. If that 'someone' could ever so gracious as make his/her contacts/supplier known that would be exceptional!
kevin95695
Member of the Registry
Durn' RC search anyway...
What is this "magflake" and "dowflake" you speak of?
What is this "magflake" and "dowflake" you speak of?
matttaylor
Jeeper in my free time
Just a heads up, if you're looking for a large amount of baking soda check out our local Winco foods. They have baking soda in large bins in the bulk food section. It's also a good excuse to stock up on candy and trail mix while you're there.
Matt
Matt
funman1
Active member
Ok I admit it.
It's me who's failing on the GB; John passed it to me and I've just been WAY too swamped, and I just bought a Wii 2 weeks ago so that's pretty much all the hours I have in a day filled
Now that I see people are really wanting it, I guess I will step upto the plate.
I will see what I can whip up tonight for a GB and prices.
Just doing Dow and Mag flakes. Like others said salt and BkSod are easy to find.
heheh I'm still sitting on DI Resin from the last GB.
It's me who's failing on the GB; John passed it to me and I've just been WAY too swamped, and I just bought a Wii 2 weeks ago so that's pretty much all the hours I have in a day filled
Now that I see people are really wanting it, I guess I will step upto the plate.
I will see what I can whip up tonight for a GB and prices.
Just doing Dow and Mag flakes. Like others said salt and BkSod are easy to find.
heheh I'm still sitting on DI Resin from the last GB.
funman1
Active member
So far I have found this site
http://www.harveysalt.com/prod01.htm
Waiting on an official price quote from them but others have said pricing is around....
"cost is $15 / 50 lb bag for Mag Flake, and $15.23 / 50 lb bag for Dow Flake."
That quote was on 3/12/07 and did not give any info on shipping.
Anyone else have any other places to check?
Yeah I checked buckeyes and twopart already.
Also I checked http://www.gemplers.com/item/CACL2.html
Usually shipping is about $1.00 per lb with DHL depending on where it's coming from. so...
I won't start an official thread just yet, as I don't have a vendor, shipping cost, and time tables pinned down.
Trying to gather intel before the real thread starts.
Any thoughts?
http://www.harveysalt.com/prod01.htm
Waiting on an official price quote from them but others have said pricing is around....
"cost is $15 / 50 lb bag for Mag Flake, and $15.23 / 50 lb bag for Dow Flake."
That quote was on 3/12/07 and did not give any info on shipping.
Anyone else have any other places to check?
Yeah I checked buckeyes and twopart already.
Also I checked http://www.gemplers.com/item/CACL2.html
Usually shipping is about $1.00 per lb with DHL depending on where it's coming from. so...
I won't start an official thread just yet, as I don't have a vendor, shipping cost, and time tables pinned down.
Trying to gather intel before the real thread starts.
Any thoughts?
Well I went to a pool store, and no go. They looked at me reall nervous when I started talking chemicals.
Steve, I would not recomend the calcium chloride from gemplers that you posted. They say 77% purity with that product. I looked up the MSDS for DowFlakes, and it asseys at 84-88%, so potentially 10% purer product.
Steve, I would not recomend the calcium chloride from gemplers that you posted. They say 77% purity with that product. I looked up the MSDS for DowFlakes, and it asseys at 84-88%, so potentially 10% purer product.
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