Has anyone tried making their own 0.9% benzyl alcohol BAC wter?

[lastresort]

We all know that BAC is hard to come by these days, but I noticed that you can buy pure USP grade benzyl alcohol from amazon.

While buying a bottle of benzyl alcohol is excessive on the surface because there is no other use for it, making 0.9% BAC is ez as long as you have analytical equipments. I happen to work in a lab and has all the accesses to micropipettes.

Do you think it's a good idea?

 

[eidos]

BAC in Sweden/The Nordics

I did a search through the forums and couldn't find anything relevant so thought I'd ask here. BAC water / options in Sweden (and presumably the rest of the nordics, could be wrong) seem to be scarce. In fact the only thing I can find when doing a search for BAC water that's readily available...

glp1forum.com

I'd love to start over with micropipettes, since they can be found for €25 in China, but they'd have to be autoclaved and used in a hood, and then the stock solution would have to be filtered through a .1μm filter (PTFE, not PES, since concentrated alcohol would degrade it).

 

[miameow]

There was another similar thread that you might find helpful : https://glp1forum.com/threads/anyone-making-their-own-bac-water.13820/

While buying a bottle of benzyl alcohol is excessive on the surface because there is no other use for it,

You can always take up perfumery.

making 0.9% BAC is ez as long as you have analytical equipments. I happen to work in a lab and has all the accesses to micropipettes.

Do you think it's a good idea?

I mean, why not? If you have access to the equipment, go for it.

I’m still kicking myself for getting rid of my home lab after retiring, but I kept a few basic necessities. I actually had to ask my friend to return my pH meter and a few other bits and bobs since I’ve resumed this new hobby!

Anyway, you don’t need anything fancy, and you can certainly make your own if you know what you’re doing and have real lab experience. Just go for it.

 

[shirasu893]

We all know that BAC is hard to come by these days, but I noticed that you can buy pure USP grade benzyl alcohol from amazon.

While buying a bottle of benzyl alcohol is excessive on the surface because there is no other use for it, making 0.9% BAC is ez as long as you have analytical equipments. I happen to work in a lab and has all the accesses to micropipettes.

Do you think it's a good idea?

My impression is that BAC water - by which I assume you mean Hospira - is now getting easier to find, and the price is receding. So buy a small supply at today's prices and wait for a fantastic deal, then stock up.