The paint store manager in my town keeps the tolly in the backroom. If he knows you as a painter, you have no problem buying on request. The store policy is to tell persons they are not acquainted with as customers that they do not carry it in stock. The town is small, and the group of folks who buy paint is just not that diverse... particularly when you consider the ones who buy it commercially. They tend to be known to the folks in the paint business. A guy I know who isn't known as a painter by trade purchased  a gallon of tolly there recently. At first they said they did not stock it, which he expected. He asked where he could acquire some. and if he could special order some, since the contract he had with FHA to do repairs and maintenance at a foreclosed home specified tolulene be used to clean the floor and two block walls of the garage of certain stains. The guy said he wasn't sure why the contract specified tolulene, but he suspected it had something to do with drugs being made in that garage. The manager suddenly recalled that there might be a gallon in the back, checked, and found one. The friend never went back for another gallon, though.

I prefer the paint store's approach to that of an Ace Hardware store in a town up the road. They will sell it without question to anyone. If you buy it with a credit card or check, you name is recorded. If you pay cash, your tag number and vehicle type are recorded. The information is submitted to the local police department voluntarily by the store owner. I know this in fact is SOP at that store, and I have long suspected anyone who buys Liquid Fire or NaOH drain cleaner there may be subjected to the same disclosures, and for that reason do not buy anything at that location.

Ok geez I would like you thoughts on this then.
Suppose you had a running account with ace although now for paint thinner but other thing and I could walk into a store and walk out with something without paying upfront no questions asked. Now if I asked for toluene by name do you thing it would become and issue?

Yhe know me and they know family since I was a tike but the point still stands. Out Biz NEVEr uses MeBn but still I think I could put it off right/// whith very lilee help/

 Ah Toluene. Boy do I hate that smell, like turps but ten times worse.
 I left a partly open bottle in the fridge & the smell soaked into the butter & cheese & everytime I farted or burped, Toluene...

 wikis got a interesting page on it.  h**p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toluene

 But this I knew about
 Quote [ In Australia, toluene has been found to have been illegally combined with petrol in fuel outlets for sale as standard vehicular fuel. Toluene attracts no fuel excise, while other fuels are taxed at over 40%, so fuel suppliers are able to profit from substituting the cheaper toluene for petrol. This substitution is likely to affect engine performance and result in additional wear and tear. The extent of toluene substitution has not been determined]

 I think they are crying because of the lost revenue$$$

 This I didn't know about, or I didn't relise what I knew.
 Toluene to Benzaldehyde >
 Quote [ Reaction with potassium permanganate leads to benzoic acid, whereas reaction with chromyl chloride leads to benzaldehyde]

And Chromyl chloride dosen't seem too hard to make from OTC
 Quote [ CrO2Cl2 is prepared by the action of HCl on CrO3, or the reaction with K2CrO4 with concentrated HCl, followed by H2SO4 as a dehydrating agent. The heavy CrO2Cl2 separates as an immiscible, dense liquid. It then can be separated using a separatory funnel or by simple distillation, which is normally performed.[1] CrO2Cl2 can also be prepared using other chlorinating agents such as PCl5 and TiCl4, or by addition of concentrated sulphuric acid to an intimate mixture of sodium chloride and potassium dichromate, followed by gentle distillation.]

    K2Cr2O7 + 4NaCl + 6H2SO4 ? 2CrO2Cl2 + 2KHSO4 + 4NaHSO4 +3H2O 

 For shits & giggles, something to watch about Chromyl chloride h**p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9qEmaiYSPk

next time you go in there wear a tin foil hat and look around a lot like your paranoid them put that muriatic acid up on the counter make sure the tin foil hat disquises your identity from the camera, hell you could ever dab black shoe polish all over your face and wear a fro wig.
funny story the store manager at the snitch place told me to leave or he was gonna call the fuzz and have me arrested for tresspassing.
i figures i can fuzz him up with one of those paddywackers so they can have a new manger for a a while.
nah too much trouble besides i'm a lover not a fighter!

i think i'll pop in and tell 'em there's a stolen shipment of viagra and to be on the look out for two very hardened criminal,s ther cummin your way!!!
btw how's that ester working out? 2b?
you looking at tall time or is it just misdemeanor b.s.?
once swij was looking at 20 years for fucking somebody up but god bless that silver tounged lawyer!!! he only served 14 months on a 3.
do you know what it feels like to be handed  an indictment that says 80% chance of you saying bye-bye the next 20?
it's a desperate feeling.

keep you out of the dark alley's forkin over 175/gram huh?
not a bad deal