Like most things these days, it's available on eBay. It's also used in water 
treatment for a variety of uses, and can probably be found where they sell 
pool treatment or water softening products.

      James in Keokuk

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From: James Thompson
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 12:52 AM
To: jamesbrown
Cc: Old Tools
Subject: Re: [OldTools] (no subject)

Could you recommend a source for potassium permanganate?

On Apr 18, 2012, at 7:04 PM, jamesbrown wrote:

> I'm late to the party here, but for aging I use a solution of potassium 
> permanganate, about 1-2 % in water. Goes on purple, but rapidly begins to 
> give the wood a brown color. Just don't forget the rubber gloves; you're 
> organic too, so it will turn you brown just as easily. Each application 
> makes the wood darker, and if you don't like the result, oxalic acid 
> (commercial wood bleach) takes it away. Here's a link to an article where 
> I used it to age a saw handle during repair.:
> http://www.wkfinetools.com/tRestore/saw/sawHandleRep/sawHandleR1.asp

James Thompson, the Old Millrat in Riverside CA

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