This (Damn Yankee) bee lives in the Southern U.S.--anybee who is familiar knows that they are about 10 years beehind the rest of civilization! Having an awful time finding the stuff for this synth! KOCN...forget about it...NB2B has called every chem supply and photo supply in town - "We only sell to businesses."...checked in the major metropolis about 40 miles away...same thing. Ok...so then I'll go the NA2CO3/urea route...I go to the 2 biggest home improvement stores in the country...one says "no urea", the other "oh yes"...now mind you, I have never bought the stuff -but am fairly sure it should be in a bottle or jar...I told the man "pure urea"...so he throws a 40lb. bag in my truck..and I get home to discover it's full of little white beads with little brown "rocks" scattered throughout! Fertilizer for the lawn. I remember seeing something about Cyanuric Acid--(Cilliersb-Post# 213811 says "...isn't HOCN cyanuric acid? If so, there is lots to be found at the pool store." Rhodi replies, "I think the pool store thing is a trimer--not sure if it can be depolymerized readily." Jim-Post#213914 says "I am positive adding water will depolymerize it"), so I assume that I can use it...and I go pick some up.
Here's the ironic part...all the while I HAVE the PPA...(diet pills...just like the product "DEXA-****"), capsules with little white orbs inside. The ingredients list says "Phenylpropanolamine HCl-timed release"...that's it...no inactives!
So now, after my 4 day shopping nightmare...I sit and read all posts in this thread and then all of them on Rhodi's site...and I am so confused I could spit wooden nickels...'cuz it seems like it's saying I CANNOT use HOCN! Pleeeez enlighten this mixed up Bee...someone...ANYONE...SWINb2b dreamt of smoking her last bowlful of meth nearly 3 days ago...(yes-- imagined all by herself--THANKS to this and Rhodi's sites...and the input from all of her fellow bees
!) To reiterate: SWINb2b has in her posession: PPA, Na2CO3, cyanuric acid hydrate, DH2O and 31.45% HCl. So can I go? Or no?