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cws82us

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#42088 29-Sep-2009 09:44

where can i buy dry ice from? is there any shops the sell it?

boby55

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#259283 29-Sep-2009 09:50

BOC gases sell it at $5 a kg IIRC

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Asmodeus

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#259289 29-Sep-2009 10:08

+1 for BOC

cws82us

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#259290 29-Sep-2009 10:08

ok thank you

Wob

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#259303 29-Sep-2009 10:40

Yes BOC sells it - my teenage sons managed to convince us that it was required for some "science projects" last year. This involved blowing up half our garden!!

Please be aware that you will have to have a container - we used a small chilly bin inside a larger chilly bin, and you will have to put a "hazardous substances" sticker on the container - the sticker can cost more than the dry ice.

You will probably have to be over 18 to buy it too.

Please be careful! There was an incident in Chch a few years ago involving a cleaner being injured by a dry ice bomb in the bus depot. My boys would be most upset if something untoward was to happen and sale of dry ice to the public was banned - not that I'm suggesting you would do anything bad of course.

Now based in Perth WA.

nate

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#259469 29-Sep-2009 19:32

cws82us: where can i buy dry ice from? is there any shops the sell it?

If it's for a stage effect, a smoke machine running through some ice will achieve the same thing.

boby55

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#259473 29-Sep-2009 19:41

nate:
cws82us: where can i buy dry ice from? is there any shops the sell it?

If it's for a stage effect, a smoke machine running through some ice will achieve the same thing.

Stage smoke machines use glycerine based fluid.