Acetone or alternative from B&Q
 

Have people been able to get acetone from B&Q or used an alternative?

(not boiling the wheels in a pan)

A few people on here sell it in 5l tins. Im sure they will post soon.

I got some if your interested pal. 5 litres for a tenner :)

PM me if you want some...

Ben

I was trying to find out if I could pick some up after work etc.

i dont want to take business away from ben

but nail varnish remover will work as it has acetone in it

Think you get just enough in a little bottle to do about a wheel... Think it's about £3 :lol:

Your choice...

How do you use that, apply direct to the wheel etc and put the wheels in a sealed container?

Pricey as well..

where do you shop to get your nail done Mr lol

its about a 1 in boots

you can get bigger bottles of the stuff

Yeah but nowhere near as strong as the 5l tubs.

You put acetone in a sealed container and leave em over night... then remove clean as a whistle.. :cool:
Oh btw even if you leave them in there for a year it wont affect the structure of the wheels :thumbsup:

Unless you have old school pred wheels. :lol:

hey he just asked for an alternative- i gave him one

obviosuly he must know what Acetone dose

Yup :) & I can't be doing with Royal Mail etc. as they're useless and should be sacked in my area. Hence the research for something I can get myself.

if you have any fiberglass workshops near you they will have loads and may sell you some acetone. I got some shipped from a fiberglass company in cornwall.

nail varnish remover will work as long as you get the stuff that has acetone in it. But it will take a long time to come off as it's only about 10% pure. plus as already said it is very expensive compared to the 5l cans of 99% pure acetone.

The other problem with nail varnish remover, is it can dye your wheels a different colour, my Yokomo BX, & JConcepts Rulux wheels, come out fine, my HotBodies D4 wheels, on the other hand, came out pink:woot:

Hi,

Can you remember the company name?

Got mine from a company called CFS Fibreglass (ordered from t'internet) :D

Ah yes look at their site with stupid delivery costs, but I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet

that's the one! about £15 delivered if i recall about 3 years ago. still have half left!

acetone is used in the print industry so try a printing ink and chemical supplier