WHERE TO GET kno3 from IN THE UK??

[daturk2000]

Hey all, i've recently got addicted to making kno3+sugar smoke bombs. My friend steals the kno3 from college but i was wondering if there was anybody that knows where i could buy it from in the UK coz firstly, i dont like the idea of stealing things and secondly i've spent ages searching the net on where i can buy it from in the united kingdom but have been unsuccessful http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/frown.gif.
any help would be much apprecciated!
thanx!

[Mr Cool]

a clue: Find a large agricultural supplier. I promised I wouldn't pass on my exact source, in case they got suspicious of loads of KNO3 orders or something and stopped selling it. But all large suppliers will have it and NH4NO3 as well at great prices.

[blackadder]

yeah, no one post the real url, it can't get out to the kewls!

[daturk2000]

thanx 4 the clue mr cool, but there are so many agricultural suppliers in the UK its like looking 4 a needle in a hay stack. i would b REALLY greatful if u could narrow your clue down a bit!! http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smile.gif
safe! <font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mr Cool:
a clue: Find a large agricultural supplier. I promised I wouldn't pass on my exact source, in case they got suspicious of loads of KNO3 orders or something and stopped selling it. But all large suppliers will have it and NH4NO3 as well at great prices.</font>

[Bitter]

To be quite honest, I think you would be better off getting it from abroad (ie a pyrotechnic supplier). Chemical companies in the UK ask too many questions.

[kingspaz]

i make mine from ammonium nitrate. just thought it was worth mentioning.

[Foodos]

king, alot of people have the big problem getting AN, and KNO3 though.

[Mr Cool]

ANY supplier should have it. Just look at the phone number on a bag of peat or something, phone 'em up and ask if they have a catalogue they could send you.

Bitter: Chemical companies do ask questions, but not agricultural places! And getting it from abroad costs LOADS!!

Skylighter sells it for something like £2/lb, if you buy it in bulk. You must then add on shipping, and wait for months to get it.
I got 55lb, at £0.58/lb (=£32), postage was £2 and it came in ten days!
So:

55lb from my place costs a total of £34.

55lb from Skylighter costs a total of £147.


55lb of NH4NO3 from the same agricultural place costs about £27 I think, + £2 postage.

[Anthony]

daturk2000, your occupation is "anarchist"? You need to change that.

[J]

If you're just making small smoke bombs, you can get something called 'Imp Chimney Cleaner' from some hardware stores. I've never bought any (£1 for a small packet is expensive, and I have plenty of pure KNO3 myself anyway), but according to the packet it 'contains Saltpeter' and has the oxidizer symbol on the pack. Beware though, it might be NaNO3, and it will almost certainly have impurities that might need to be removed. It is much more commonly sold than K/Na nitrate fertilizer.

You could ask the garden center to get some in too. It's not a popular product, which is why most places don't stock it. All pyros face this problem when starting out, eventually you'll find a good source if you keep looking ;-)

At an agricultural supply house near me, AN fertilizer can be bought for <£10 for 50Kg :-)

J

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[Mr Cool]

<£10, for 50 KILOGRAMS??!!!!!!!

Could you possibly e-mail me the address or URL of that place? I don't want to buy AN from my place in case they get suspicious (KNO3 and AN to the same place, in the middle of a city http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smile.gif ), and also that is CHEAP!

Thanks

[J]

Check your email.

I can't guarantee it's < £10, but I'm 99% certain. It definitely won't be more than £15. This place is used to selling it by the ton, but they also do 50Kg bags.

J

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[Mr Cool]

ThanQ!

[Jhonbus]

The Imp Chimney Cleaners contain KNO3 and sawdust. It's a bugger to separate them without dissolving and then crystallising out the KNO3 though.

[SATANIC]

I live in aus, and i cannot get KNO3 from an agricultural supplier because they won't deliver, and i'm too young to drive. where else acn it be found (cheap i hope)

[oxyrad]

Where do you live in Aus.I live in WA in Midland and i know a great place to get KNO3 and Amonium Nitrate,Sulfur etc

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[Ericm115]

ok, Im going to try again since im on topic this time.. I live in South Carolina, USA. Does anyone know where to get things like AN from a supply company around here? Theres lots of farming around here, but all places Ive looked only sell in huge quantities. Thanks -

[Berserker]

There are agriculutural suppliers down in Kwinina that sell KNO3/NH4NO3 in 50kg bags for ~$30.

[Ericm115]

Where exactly is Kwinina? Thanks

[Ericm115]

Also, Im not really too worried about being put on some kind of list (should i be?) How reliable is http://www.sciencealliance.com? Is it safe to order from there? thanks -

[Berserker]

I meant Kwinana. It's a place in Australia, sorry. http://theforum.virtualave.net/ubb/smilies/wink.gif

[Victim]

J, is it possible that you would send me the location of that place for the KNo3? And for those of you wondering about this IMP shite, I'll go buy some tomorrow and get some pictures. (yet another post of mine with pictures)

[Disturbed]

Another source of KNO3 is stump remover.. I've bought that, it looks just like prilled KNO3 to me. It was more expensive than from Skylighter, as it cost me 5.50$ for 1lb.
One last thing, make sure you have some sort of alibi if you're calling to buy NH3NO3 or KNO3, etc, from a fertilizer place.. I called some asking if they sold KNO3, first thing they asked is if I was making bombs. So now I just use a complex story about having a big garden, wanting to experiment, blah blah blah.

[Mr Cool]

Disturbed: I'm guessing you're <18 years old, right? Because they won't ask questions if you sound old, they just don't expect younger people to be into gardening.

[Anthony]

The onlt stump remover I've seen in the UK contains ammonium sulphamate. I guess it actually kills the stump rather than allowing you to burn it as you do with KNO3 stump remover.

[mr.evil]

hey anthony,

look at that guy: "Daturk2000".
take a look at his profile, it says;

OCCUPATION: Anarchist(!).
INTERESTS: making bombs(!!!).
Location: Afghanistan(!!!!!!!!!).

i think this guy is an KeWl bomber.
any comments?



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[Mr Cool]

Yes, he probably is. But since he's made a total of 6 posts, the last one being on 10th March, does it really matter? Why bring it up? It's not as if he's causing a problem.

[mr.evil]

i don't know.
i thaught that kewls are forbidden to come here. sorry if i'm wrong.



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[J]

Let us be the judge of that. As Mr Cool has pointed out, he hasn't posted in ages.

There was no need to bring up this thread again just to say that.

J

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[nbk2000]

Don't be too harsh on dude.

While true he brought up an old post just to make a stupid comment, at least he DID read an old post, which is a lot better than most newbies do.

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