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Thanks for that Voice, I ended up asking one of the Art teachers here and they told me to go to a Fibreglass shop and they had moulding latex for $18 for one litre.

Anyone got any idea where to buy Moulding Latex other than through a chemcial supply company as I don't want to buy a product and pay about $25 fright just for 1 product and the teacher needs it quicker than the week or so it will take to get to me??
Thanks

Get 4 weeks annual/recreation leave a year here in Tassie, come in during the term holidays unless I take some of the 4 weeks leave although I get paid for being in at work and do get a fair bit done without the students and teachers around

The Education Department in consultation with Workplace Standards Tasmania told us we had to get rid of any ammonium nitrate we had unless we wanted to apply for a permit around $300, the school I work in had about 100g and we got told to dilute it with water and use it on the garden

By milk solids do you mean milk powder? or do you actually use milk?

teachers hahahaha Some of our teachers do the prac right up until the end of the lesson and then just walk out without returning the gear, so I have to go in and pick up after them, they used to do this only once and then I would see the head of the department, now I usually see the teacher and it ...

I set up and test experiments sometimes although we have a teacher who if something doesn't work says "well nothing in science is meant to work 100% of the time" or "if something scientific works 100% then somebody is doing something wrong" or a similar comment

Never touch them in case the cleaners get annoyed, don't want them going out on strike cause we are doing there job for them.

Hi Kazza and others
The stuff you squeeze out of a tube is Silicone and the stuff that is being sort is the Silicon there is a difference.

How do you know whats going to happen/what experiments are going to be done on a particular day? I mean hopefully if your away they will get someone in who is trained and should know what they are doing.

Many thanks everyone, great stuff!!! Will pass info. to teachers. Pilar, I was unable to connect to the website you gave me.Bit of a shame really. Take care all Mother That reason you couldn't connect was that the comma after the web address was also part of the link so the correct link is http://w...

Thanks seems to be working for me now as well

Andrew

Hi All

Even though I am not in WA, I am in TAS I use the Regional Technicians Group website as a source of information particularly the repairs section.
Can anyone give me an idea as to why the site doesn't seem to working anymore.
Thanks

Andrew

I use ChemGold II (ChemWatchi on the Net) and then save and edit the labels using Word. Its pretty time consuming but it has to be done, they are working on a new version of ChemGold but I don't know if its going to be much better or worse, will wait and see

Good Old Blunnies (Blundstones) with or without steel cap, slip on or lace its your choice. As long as you look after them they will give a good few years service. Again expensive but excellent quality

What does everyone do when they cannot find a particular chemical on Chemwatch/Chemgold II? For example they list some concentrations of Hydrochloric Acid but not all of them. This questions has most likely been asked and answered elsewhere on the forums but i couldn't find it. Also printing labels ...

Nicky

Did you sterilise the agar before you poured the plates? I use an old pressure cooker and 500ml glass bottles (Schott Duran Reagent bottles) but you should only half fill them and loosen the lids before hand. Thats the recipie that i use as well

Andrew