chemicals, salts and oils

a wide range of chemicals and oils sold for home, garden and hobby use. products marked with an * are sold loose or packaged in store. we operate a deposit scheme for our glass bottles, so you benefit if you return them for reuse.

chemicals for home

bicarbonate of soda * - cleaning
borax substitute (sodium sesquicarbonate) * - laundry additive
citric acid * - cleaning, descaling and for making bath bombs
marseille soap flakes * - soft olive oil soap flakes
perchlor (percholroethylene) * - dry cleaning spot stain treatment fluid
soda crystals (sodium carbonate / soda ash) * - laundry additive, drain cleaner, and general cleaning agent
sodium hydroxide (caustic soda / lye) - drain unblocker and for soap making

alcohols and solvents

acetone * - suitable for nail varnish remover and gel nail remover, sticky remover
n - butanol (n - butyl alcohol) *
distilled water *
hexane (mixed isomers) *
isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) 99% * - cleaning, records / LP cleaning, printer nozzle cleaning
methanol *
turpentine, natural (pure turpentine, gum turpentine distilled from tree resins) * - artist use, polish and french polish making
white spirit * - brush cleaning
xylene (mixed isomers) *

wellbeing, medical and veterinary

castor oil b.p.*
dead sea salts * - bathing
diatomaceous earth * - insect eradication
epsom salts * - bathing, plant magnesium deficiency, especially tomato plants
glycerin b.p.* - making cleaning products
himalayan salts * - bathing
iodine tincture 7% * - for treating cut and disinfection, starch detection
liquid paraffin (animal use only) *
surgical spirit b.p.*
surgical spirit plus b.p. (surgical spirit with added methyl salicylate - oil of wintergreen) *
vegetable glycerin *
distilled witch hazel *

bleaches and disinfectants

black fluid (cresol based disinfectant for outdoor use only) *
formaldehyde 38% / 10% methanol *
hydrogen peroxide 3% (10 vol) *
hydrogen peroxide 12% (40 vol) *
sodium hypochlorite 14% *
sodium percarbonate (oxy bleach / oxi bleach / green bleach) * - colour safe domestic and laundry bleach

acids

acetic acid 99% (glacial) *
hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) 10% * - brick cleaning, brick acid
oxalic acid 5% * - wood bleaching and rust removal
sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) 10% *
distilled white vinegar 5% * - cleaning

gums and resins

gum rosin (pine resin / colophony / greek pitch) * - tug of war resin

wood treatment oils

boiled linseed oil *
danish oil *
mineral oil (pig oil) * - good for chopping boards
raw linseed oil *
teak oil *
tung oil * - good for chopping boards

fuel oils

bioethanol
chafing gel
methylated spirits * - for camping and foundu
lamp oil - low odour lighting oil paraffin
outdoor citronella lamp oil - for insect repelling
paraffin

specialist chemicals

alum, ammonium (aluminium ammonium sulphate) * - textile mordant and ceramic arts
alum, potassium (aluminium potassium sulphate) * - textile mordanting and ceramic arts
copper sulphate *
potassium hydroxide * - soap making
saltpetre (potassium nitrate) * - food grade for food preservation
sodium sulphite * - leather and textile treatment, photography
flowers of sulphur *

*goods sold loose or packed in store - in the tradition of a drysalter

fertilizers and wild bird products sold loose

for our loose garden and wild bird range see here