Where to buy filter paper?

Energize · 25 May 2009 at 07:22

Does anyone know where I can buy standard laboratory filter paper? All the places I can find try to rape me with £15 postage or something ridiculous for some paper weighing 50g.

SourChipmunk · 25 May 2009 at 07:31

(removed unneccessary, stupid drunken post

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Heofz · 25 May 2009 at 07:32

use a coffee filter

sethiroth66 · 25 May 2009 at 09:24

Have you tried at a chemist or pharmacy?

some places that sell methylated spirits will most likely sell filter paper

or just

Heofz said:
use a coffee filter

aardvark · 25 May 2009 at 10:50

a home brewing shop?

vertica · 25 May 2009 at 12:12

Go to your local secondary school and ask if you could have/buy some from them.

Freeman · 25 May 2009 at 12:16

vertica said:
Go to your local secondary school and ask if you could have/buy some from them.

Was just about to suggest this. It's probably your best bet and you'd more than likely get it for free.

Energize · 25 May 2009 at 13:59

Yeah I suppose I could ask my uni.

Tefal · 25 May 2009 at 14:00

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-kingdom.html

All your chemical and lab supply needs

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog...7=0&D10=Filter-paper&N25=0&N1=S_ID&ST=RS&F=PR

slylittlefox · 25 May 2009 at 14:07

Energize said:
Does anyone know where I can buy standard laboratory filter paper? All the places I can find try to rape me with £15 postage or something ridiculous for some paper weighing 50g.

Energize said:
The nhs is so poor at mental health, they will me pescribe anything apart from one of the drug classes that actually work for my condition, eg, opiates, benzodiazepines, barbiturates, amphetamines, they keep trying to flog me prozac. So I had to resort to illegally self medicating.

What you cooking?

Pixel · 25 May 2009 at 14:33

Be careful when ordering anything even slightly "sciency". It means you're a terrorist.

TheCenturion · 25 May 2009 at 14:40

Energize said:
All the places I can find try to rape me

Ooh er, have you tried amazon?

king-core · 25 May 2009 at 16:13

Staples should have it

Energize · 26 May 2009 at 19:26

Tefal said:
http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/united-kingdom.html

All your chemical and lab supply needs

http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog...7=0&D10=Filter-paper&N25=0&N1=S_ID&ST=RS&F=PR

How do you order anything on the website? Can't find an add to basket button anywhere.

anant_shah94 said:
Ooh er, have you tried amazon?

Nothing there.

king-core said:
Staples should have it

They don't.

Pixel said:
Be careful when ordering anything even slightly "sciency". It means you're a terrorist.

Yeah I'm expecting to be raided for ordering some glassware earlier this week.

aardvark · 26 May 2009 at 19:36

Energize said:
How do you order anything on the website? Can't find an add to basket button anywhere.

you don't - you have to ask Aldrich for an account - i doubt they sell to private individuals.

i still think your best bet is a brewing shop. Or you could try using white cotton fabric to filter through - it makes no difference to paper.

Sinque · 26 May 2009 at 19:40

Energize said:
How do you order anything on the website? Can't find an add to basket button anywhere.

The 'Order Center' button on the navigation panel

https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/OrderCenterView?storeId=11001

Energize · 26 May 2009 at 19:56

aardvark said:
you don't - you have to ask Aldrich for an account - i doubt they sell to private individuals.

They seem to have a convoluted way of doing things, any idiot could add a boolean value to each item which indicates whether there are any sale restrictions, instead they chose to lose revenue by not selling to private individuals. :confused:

i still think your best bet is a brewing shop. Or you could try using white cotton fabric to filter through - it makes no difference to paper.

Don't know of any brewing shops. Advantage of using paper though is that it's more suited to use in a funnel and comes in many different grades which is useful for filtering different solutions.

Looks like I'm going to have ask my uni or buy enough to make the £16 delivery worthwhile, or god forbid go to ebay!

EDIT - This thread is now the 3rd result on google for filter paper.

hiroofheroes · 26 May 2009 at 20:03

slylittlefox said:
What you cooking?

My bet from your quotes is cold water filtration of cocodamol to extract the codine.

Energize · 26 May 2009 at 20:05

You don't need filter paper for that.

aardvark · 26 May 2009 at 20:07

Energize said:
They seem to have a convoluted way of doing things, any idiot could add a boolean value to each item which indicates whether there are any sale restrictions, instead they chose to lose revenue by not selling to private individuals.

somehow i think sigma can afford the loss