buying chemicals

[paintballkidz]

I will be perchasing these chemicals:

Battery acid - 25kg Carboy aprox. 20L - $24.25
Caustic Soda - 25kg Carboy 25% Liquid - $34.30

Anodizing Dye - 4oz $15.00 CASWELL
Aluminum De-Oxidizer & De-Smut - $23.00 CASWELL
Anodizing Sealant -$35.00 - Caswell

what other chems am I missing

are these correct?

[acidrain]

Yep, you got it all.
I've never used the Carboy caustic soda, so I can't speak to that, but everything else sounds good.

[paintballkidz]

hey sry. carboy is actualy the unit they sell them in. nothing to do with the caustic soda it self.

[CarWiz]

A Carboy is a square plastic jug with a large opening.

What I want to know is where you're buying battery acid for just over $1 per liter? (Less than 50 cents a pound.) !!!

[paintballkidz]

well there is a company/factory near my house that produces and sell them to other companys in large Qt's I got a quote for 1 25kg carboy of battery acid for that price.

[luminous]

I bought 5 gallons of battery acid at the local NAPA auto parts store for about $25. It comes in one of those "bag in a box" containers. They had to special order it for me, but it only took a day or 2 to get it.


steve

[paintballkidz]

i tryed callin another place.
the guy on the line said they have battery acid but they can't sell my pure battery acid only "1400-1500 strength" battery acid for $20 a litre

[acidrain]

I get mine at a local Budget Batteries store for $12/5gal.

[paintballkidz]

How long would these chemicals from caswell last me?:

Anodize & Chrome Stripper - 8oz

Anodizing Dye - 4oz

Anodizing sealent - 1lb

Aluminum De-Oxidizer & De-Smut


Enough to do a strip and ano a few paintball gun bodies?
it seems like the stripper comes in such small qt's...

would like 200Watt or more fish tank heaters be enough to use from dye and seal tank?
will i need a small fish tank agitater?

i plan on anodizing small parts such as paintball eye covers, feednecks etc for now and then do bigger trigger frames and bodys in a little bit.

[acidrain]

The chemicals last a good long time, but the 200w fish-tank is too week.
I suggest the following:
For the sealer, get yourself a canning pot (not aluminum) and boil the sealer on a camp stove outdoors. When you're done, poor the sealer into a bucket with a lid for re-use. As the sealer boils off some of it's water, just add more.
For the dyes, keep them in two-gallon buckets, and place them in a pot of boiling water until the temp is 140F. For small batches, you can heat in the microwave, but be careful not spill in the house!