Chris Sikk
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Post by Chris Sikk on Mar 11, 2023 16:31:47 GMT -5
I am doing Jason Welsh's course on electroforming and his documentation says that Walmart Pharmacy is the suggested place to find copper sulfate in Canada. I'd rather not give money to Walmart. Anyone in the the Great White North have ideas of other places to find copper sulfate for elctroforming?
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Mar 11, 2023 16:44:04 GMT -5
You can get it here in the states at the hardware store. Check out big box stores that sell root killer or tree killer. Home Depot, etc.
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Post by Starguy on Mar 11, 2023 17:33:03 GMT -5
You can get it here in the states at the hardware store. Check out big box stores that sell root killer or tree killer. Home Depot, etc. Great advice from Robin hummingbirdstones . I think MsAli has done some electroforming. |
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Post by MsAli on Mar 11, 2023 17:49:09 GMT -5
I've never mixed my own. I've always done a pre made solution from Rio Grande.
As far as I know any hardware store would carry it.
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Post by rmf on Mar 11, 2023 22:20:50 GMT -5
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Chris Sikk
having dreams about rocks
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Post by Chris Sikk on Mar 25, 2023 14:43:25 GMT -5
Yeah, it looks like Canada has some rules around Copper Sulfate that is different than the US. Root killers here do not contain it. I might find some in pool supplies. I will have to go look. Now I need to chase down some material to make anode bags out of.
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Mar 25, 2023 17:09:02 GMT -5
I bought a bag of it on Ebay. I bet you could too.
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Post by rmf on Mar 25, 2023 19:00:42 GMT -5
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Mark K
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Post by Mark K on Mar 25, 2023 19:25:41 GMT -5
Those prices are absurd. Total rip off.
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rockbrain
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Post by rockbrain on May 13, 2023 8:19:04 GMT -5
If you do a Google search a whole bunch of sources come up including Etsy Canada.
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vance71975
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Post by vance71975 on May 14, 2023 7:00:37 GMT -5
I am doing Jason Welsh's course on electroforming and his documentation says that Walmart Pharmacy is the suggested place to find copper sulfate in Canada. I'd rather not give money to Walmart. Anyone in the the Great White North have ideas of other places to find copper sulfate for elctroforming? if you have Ace Hardware they normally carry it as stump or tree killer. |
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Post by Mel on Jul 20, 2023 11:54:29 GMT -5
When in doubt, at least for hard to find chemicals etc, I find Home Hardware usually has something or will know where to get it.
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Post by Mel on Jul 20, 2023 11:56:07 GMT -5
Whoops, double post. My bad!
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wpotterw
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Post by wpotterw on Jul 20, 2023 12:00:52 GMT -5
You could also try industrial plating supply companies. There chrome (and maybe nickel) plating companies that copper plate certain items before chrome plating. I worked in a chrome shop and we used copper sulfate to restore diameter to specs on conductor rolls.
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