Acetone shortage??

[Gelcoater]

Anyone else dealing with this?
Apparently there is a word wide shortage?
Or the mfg is a genius and trying to sell an extra million barrels?

If you thought the price of boats was high enough...

I have no idea what a drum costs but Methylene Choride will clean resin and Gelcoat from tools and floors and such.
But it is rather nasty shit. Evaporats much quicker than acetone.
I’ve seen it form ice crystals on a saturated rag left on a bench. It evaporates real! fast.
I hope we don’t have to start using that shit.

And I hope they don’t mind my saying this...
Eliminator os looking into a system to clean acetone by distillation, you other mfgs might consider looking into it too.
Sounds like they are squeezing more money out of every drum.
Being able to clean and reuse sounds smart in my mind.

Anyone else?

 

[coolchange]

They said this was coming for a while. I watched prices rose but never saw a shortage on consumer level

 

[GRADS]

How the hell am I going to get the polish off my toenails now??

 

[PlumLoco]

How the hell am I going to get the polish off my toenails now??

Dang dude. How many toes do you have?

 

[obnoxious001]

Not sure what the going rate is, but I use Zoro for mineral spirits for my solvent tanks. They continually send me 20% off deals, and free shipping over a nominal amount.

https://www.zoro.com/sunnyside-acetone-5-gal-size-840g5/i/G6613700/

 

[manxman]

We buy acetone by the drum. I have had an acetone still for at least 35 years. We recycle used acetone 5 gallons at a time. Just know, when you still the acetone, you will have to deal with the still bottoms (left overs from the process) these are considered hazardous waste and have to be disposed of appropriately with a log kept. Safety kleen charges about $400 to $500 to dispose of a small drum full. Ask me how I know!!

 

[82daytona]

We haven’t had any issues and buy it by the drum.

 

[LazyLavey]

A lot of crystal meth being cooked......

 

[Gelcoater]

A lot of crystal meth being cooked......

 

[Chili Palmer]

A lot of crystal meth being cooked......

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Damn, you guys beat me to it.

 

[Western Flyer]

Acetone at the commercial use level has been on the blocks since the early 2000's. The EPA has had it right behind styrene on the list of things to be replaced.
I've had a home built filtration set up for a while now. I don't use the reclaimed acetone for anything but general cleanup and that's enough to make it worthwhile. While Methylene chloride is still available at the commercial level, you don't see it for consumers anymore- the strippers are using some half strength stuff that works on latex and spray enamel and that's about it.
What pisses me off is the suppliers adding higher and higher delivery fees to "offset their costs", and yet their logos are all over NHRA campaigns. They have money to piss away on a rail or flopper, they can hump their drums to me on the freebie.

 

[sintax]

What pisses me off is the suppliers adding higher and higher delivery fees to "offset their costs", and yet their logos are all over NHRA campaigns. They have money to piss away on a rail or flopper, they can hump their drums to me on the freebie.

gotta have them write offs man!