Alcohol Bowl Blank Drying

[Michael Perry]

Hi I am interested in trying the alcohol method for drying bowl blanks.I am just wondering where to buy it and is there some special name I should be looking for.

Thanks for your help

Mike

[Steve Schlumpf]

Michael - I buy my at the local Menards home improvement store. You don't list your location - so suggest going to a home improvement or hardware store. What you are looking for is called Denatured Alcohol (DNA) and up here runs around $12 a gallon can.

Just in case, here is some additional info on the process:
http://alcoholsoaking.blogspot.com/
http://alcoholsoaking.blogspot.com/2006/11/determining-alcohol-percentage.html
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarticle.pl?dir=turning&file=articles_473.shtml

[Scott Hackler]

I buy mine at a local Sherwin Williams paint store, but they have to order it in (my town is only 15,000 so lower volume at this location). I just picked up a 5 gal bucket on Dna and it was $48, but the store manager is giving me contractor pricing. It is a lot cheaper to buy it in the 5 gal cans and you cant really do much with only a couple gallons anyway. FYI

[Michael Perry]

Thanks guys I live in Canada small town too and will check it out

[Harlan Coverdale]

Thanks guys I live in Canada small town too and will check it out

I believe in Canada denatured alcohol is sold as methylated spirit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol)?

[Leo Van Der Loo]

Michael, this link here might be helpful for you over here in Canada.

http://www.shellac.net/faq.html

[Cyril Griesbach]

Now that you're able to find sources for the alcohol keep it mind it's not for drying bowl blanks but rather for drying roughed out bowls.

[Michael Perry]

Yes I meant roughed out bowls NOT Blanks...Thanks for noticing