Does anyone know where to get potassium permanganate??

[TinkyPete]

Does anyone where to get any potassium permanganate?

The last time I was able to I got it from Boots but they no longer stock it.

I find it to be extremely useful as it has many uses including fire lighting, medical, water purification and marking locations.

 

[durulz]

Tried your local chemist?

 

[Toddy]

http://www.potassium-permanganate-online.com/how-to-order.html?gclid=CJ2npKXziJ8CFcts4wodik09KA

cheers,
Toddy

usual disclaimers

 

[hiho]

i'm in the same boat. local chemists don't have it

 

[livefast999]

Last time I got some was from the chemist.

They usually ask why you want it.

I just say for water purification when I'm camping.

HTH

 

[Toddy]

It's also used by folks who keep koi in aquariums, sometimes you can get it from pond supply shops.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[nolightweight]

Some of the smaller chemists might have it or order it in for you. That's how I got mine. Pretty quick and not much dollar either.

HTH mate.

 

[TinkyPete]

many thanks all such a quick reply. shopping trip tomorrow

The local chemist is about 50 m away from my door cause i live next to a doctors

it great having moved recently

 

[Sainty]

Try this lot:

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_...assium+permanganate&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Martin

 

[Bumpy]

I can recommend Toddy's suggestion - I have bought from them and was happy with their service.
I think you will struggle to buy potasium permanganate from any chemist now. I had tried a couple of months ago - and visited about 20 chemists in and around the local area. Eventually I was advised by a pharmacist that it had been withdrawn from sale on the advise of government. The line went that there were plenty of other preparations for fungal problems such as athletes foot (although more expensive!), and that there was too high a risk that some people may want to exploit it's oxidizing properties to create explosions and/or fires (mixing with glycerine etc), and so that while the "terrorist threat" remained it was unlikely to ever return to sale over the counter...
Don't know how true that was, but it made sense to me, and I have still not found it in any chemist - only online...

 

[Laurentius]

Terrorist threat sounds very credible, though of course local chemists seem to stock less and less these days as the supermarkets take over.

Those terrorists certainly live up to there name, whilst there are only (mercifully) a few of them, and few real incidents in the UK, they have deprived us of centuries old freedoms, and made us all suspects in our own land.

 

[Wayne]

ebay is your friend.

Look under koi carp

looks like i'm a bit slow off the mark.

Actually the ebay stuff is better quality than I used to get from my local chemist. Finer crystals react faster. I guess its the greater surface area.

 

[MickG]

Just checked ebay as it is used for ponds
The safety instructions mention skin contact, burning ,itching etc
Is this in undiluted liquid?
My dad used this in grain form diluted in water to soak his feet for athleats foot from boots getting wet in the mine ,left feet dark brown for days
I have a small tub 60 grams from Boots course grains,Its years old but have not tried it for fire lighting or water purification
It is marked Oxidising & Harmfull
Contact with combustable material may cause fire
Harmfull if swallowed
What amount would be safe in a Ltr of water for drinking and skin use?
Mick

 

[John Fenna]

you want it no more than the palest of pinks for internal use!

 

[rancid badger]

i'm in the same boat. local chemists don't have it

If you explain what you want it for, they ( the pharmacist) will normally order you a tub in.

I've never had any trouble with this in the past.

Oh and Johns right, the very palest of pale pink for drinking!

R.B.

 

[mark wood]

I remember a letter in good old S.W.A.T. magazine from the Royal Society of Chemists who were asked to comment on the effectiveness of Potassium Permanganate as a steriliser. They couldn't find any studies but reckoned it wouldn't be very effective if there was any organic material in the solution. I'd only use it as a back-up, and on pretty clear water!

 

[Rob]

A friendly chemist is the way forward - I have a great one near me - but then again they know that I am strange with some of the scripts that I take in when I am off on overseas trips and some of the meds that I take in for disposal.

It is more common that you will be offered tablets these days - which arent that great when compared to the crystals. The finer the crystals the better - surface area to volume ratio - but nothing wrong wih crushing what you have up before you use it.

Retardant versions are being used a lot now - which cuts down on usefulness when it comes to fire - but I dont suggest that you ask if this is the case when you order - it is cheap. so buy and try before you fill your boots