Boots Banned Isopropyl Alcohol ?

Dicehunter · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:13

I went to Boots today to see if they had some isopropyl alcohol as it's useful for cleaning pretty much any surface i.e mice, Keyboards etc.... as it disinfects, Cuts through grime like a hot knife through butter and evaporates leaving no residue behind and
the head pharmacist came out after the sales assistant looking a tad wary and he said -

"No sorry we've actually been banned from selling that due to people misusing it".

I found other places online that sell it, Namely the rainforest and quickly ordered 6 x 500ml bottles to put into storage just in case other places start banning this very useful cleaning stuff.

Does anyone think other places will start removing this from shelves too ? I find it odd punishing people for the 1 or 2 idiots that might misuse it

V F · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:19

Dicehunter said:
I find it odd punishing people for the 1 or 2 idiots that might misuse it

Really? Everything is a big brush.

muon · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:20

I suspect not very many people buy it either from boots.

Rroff · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:22

I use it for electronics stuff quite a bit be a shame if places are banned from selling it - though I guess I can always source it through specialist stuff.

esoteric · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:24

Misused for what I wonder.

"andy" · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:24

muon said:
I suspect not very many people buy it either from boots.

Ask the question where can I get it on the internet and nearly every reply is "boots" or "chemists"

"andy" · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:24

esoteric said:
Misused for what I wonder.

Tramps must be drinking it but surely there's cheaper highs out there !

V F · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:24

Rroff said:
I use it for electronics stuff quite a bit be a shame if places are banned from selling it - though I guess I can always source it through specialist stuff.

It is great for cleaning matt monitors.

"andy" said:
Tramps must be drinking it but surely there's cheaper highs out there !

It used to be methylated spirit. Hence they all come with a dye.

Kenai · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:24

Rroff said:
I use it for electronics stuff quite a bit be a shame if places are banned from selling it - though I guess I can always source it through specialist stuff.

I suspect Boots corporate 'banned' themselves from selling it rather than an external force banning places from selling it.

muon · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:26

"andy" said:
Ask the question where can I get it on the internet and nearly every reply is "boots" or "chemists"

Yes but that doesn't mean very many people buy it from there. Especially the one individual store you are going to.

I buy IPA from the internet. The main demand (I observe) comes from cleaning electronics and computer equipment, those type of consumers are going to use the internet.

muon · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:28

Kenai said:
I suspect Boots corporate 'banned' themselves from selling it rather than an external force banning places from selling it.

It might be a sensible thing to do.

How much money do you think Boots stores make by storing and selling IPA?

Enough to take on the risk of the bad PR when someone dies from drinking IPA based drinks?

something daft already!! · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:28

And I just love a nice pint of isoprophyl before bed.

Rroff · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:28

Kenai said:
I suspect Boots corporate 'banned' themselves from selling it rather than an external force banning places from selling it.

I've never actually seen it sold at boots - I used to source it from a specialist shop and more recently from online - though the stuff sold by most online sellers seems a bit "B grade" compared to what I used to get - even when ostensibly the same thing.

EDIT: On the subject of misuse - using some liquid rubber stuff (sets hard) (for a project not abusing it) at the moment and think I need to increase the ventilation a bit :S

Chaos · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:32

It wont be banned everywhere its a very popular product.

I use it a lot and get 1 litre tins of pro power ipa from cpc.

Dicehunter · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:44

Chaos said:
It wont be banned everywhere its a very popular product.

I use it a lot and get 1 litre tins of pro power ipa from cpc.

Ooh thanks for the info, I shall bookmark CPC

robfosters · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:52

Is this what's known as rubbing alcohol?

If so, I use it to degrease metal model parts before blackening them.

Rroff · 24 Sep 2016 at 12:53

Dicehunter said:
Ooh thanks for the info, I shall bookmark CPC

Keep forgetting about CPC - I use Farnell/Element 14 a lot.

Dicehunter · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:00

robfosters said:
Is this what's known as rubbing alcohol?

If so, I use it to degrease metal model parts before blackening them.

Yep pretty much

Rroff said:
Keep forgetting about CPC - I use Farnell/Element 14 a lot.

Never heard of them TBH but I'll take a look

Rroff · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:05

Dicehunter said:
Never heard of them TBH but I'll take a look

Farnell is the parent company for CPC - I use some of the other parts of the business but keep forgetting CPC exist for some reason and they have some other stuff that is useful to me.

phil-k · 24 Sep 2016 at 13:21

Really good for removing sticky marks, remains of adhesive labels off things, I don't know about drinking it though, I splashed some on my face a while ago and it felt like my skin was burning off