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chemicals, salts and oils

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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

  • ammonia * - for cleaning

  • 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​

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 laundry bleach

  • pool / hot tub tablets (stabilised chlorine bleaching agent, trichloroisocyanuric acid) - for use in tablet dispensers after suitable pH adjustment

alcohols and solvents

  • acetone * - suitable for nail varnish remover and gel nail remover​

  • n - butanol (n - butyl alcohol) *

  • distilled water *

  • ​hexane (mixed isomers)

  • isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol) 99% *

  • ​methanol *

  • turpentine, natural (gum turpentine distilled from tree resins) *

  • white spirit *

  • xylene (mixed isomers)

acids

  • acetic acid 99% (glacial) *

  • hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) 10% *

  • oxalic acid 5% * -  wood bleaching and rust removal

  • sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) 10% *

  • distilled white vinegar 5% *

fuel oils

  • bioethanol

  • chafing gel

  • methylated spirits *

  • lamp oil and outdoor citronella lamp oil

  • paraffin 

wellbeing, medical and veterinary

  • castor oil b.p.

  • dead sea salts *

  • diatomaceous earth *

  • epsom salts *

  • glycerin b.p.

  • himalayan salts *

  • iodine tincture 3% *

  • liquid paraffin (animal use only) *

  • surgical spirit plus b.p. (surgical spirit with added methyl salicylate - oil of wintergreen) *

  • organic vegetable glycerin

  • distilled witch hazel *

gums and resins

  • gum rosin (pine resin / colophony / greek pitch) *

specialist chemicals

  • alum, ammonium (aluminium ammonium sulphate) *

  • alum, potassium (aluminium potassium sulphate) *

  • ​copper sulphate *

  • potassium hydroxide *

  • saltpetre (potassium nitrate) *

  • sodium sulphite

  • flower of sulphur *

wood treatment oils

  • boiled linseed oil *

  • danish oil *

  • mineral oil (pig oil)  *

  • raw linseed oil *​

  • teak oil *

  • tung oil *

*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

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