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Discussion Thread 🎩 Tuesday 31 March 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Yarrabyte's offline again.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Ebay probably has it still. Get food grade, not the kind used for pools.

If you can’t find DE, silica gel dust is more powerful and you can get a rubber bulb for dusting it finely. It’s sold as Cimexa.

Beware though, it’s super fine so hangs in the air for ages and is an inhalation hazard. Wear *mask and avoid breathing it (silicosis).

Totally cool if you don’t want to use it