Dear Philip   ...you will find this works better if you use a cylinder of
CO2 that is liquid withdrawal rather than vapour withdrawal in the UK they
have a white strip painted down the side of the cylinder  Mary

On Mon, 4 Oct 1999, Philip Oshel wrote:

> Do you need to make a solid chunk of dry ice, or would lumpy "snow" do? If
> snow is fine, all you need is a hose and a pillow case. Attach the gas hose
> to the CO2 tank, put the pillow case over the end of the hose, attach with
> twist-ties or the like, and turn on the CO2 tank. Get lots of gas coming
> out. Before long you'll have lots of solid CO2 "snow", with some lumps of
> more solid CO2. I've use this "snow" for packing things in dry ice and
> similar applications. Works fine.
> 
> Phil
> 
> >Does anyone have a contact for making dry ice.   Anyone know where to buy a
> >dry ice maker?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >LeRoy Brown HT(ASCP) HTL
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> >85 se 8th ave
> >Oak Harbor,  WA  98277
> >1-800-732-8158
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