
Vinegar concentrate. Used as solvents for resins, paints and lacquers. Printing, metal, plastic.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
Swachem imports and stocks the working acids of Namibian industry — hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, phosphoric, acetic, citric, formic and oxalic — in grades from CP laboratory quality to industrial drum stock. This is the section taxidermists, battery shops, mines, builders and food producers all draw from: HCl for concrete cleaning and trophy work, sulphuric at 71% and 98% for battery maintenance, citric and acetic for food production, and packaged consumer strengths like Scale Remover and Spirits of Salts for everyday descaling.

From the 2024 catalogue — descriptions and pack sizes as published.

Vinegar concentrate. Used as solvents for resins, paints and lacquers. Printing, metal, plastic.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Used as a food flavouring and preservative, an ingredient in cosmetics and a component in cleaning products.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Strong acid cleaner for various surfaces.
Available in5 L750 ml25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Cleaning middle for taxidermies. Main ingredient of Scale Remover and Spirits of Salt.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Cleaning middle for taxidermy (skull, fats, etc.). Used as a bone whitening for trophies.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Used in the production of ammonium nitrate for fertilizers, making plastics and in the manufacture of dyes.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Used to make fertilizer and various household cleaning products.
Available in35 kg25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Acts as a reducing agent for metal oxides to remove tarnish as well as rust or ink stains.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Removes calcium stains from kettles, also removes calcium flakes in water pipes.
Available in25 L5 L750 ml330 ml
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Concrete cleaning, removes surface rust effectively.
Available in25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay

Use as battery acid for battery maintenance. Available in strengths of 71% and 98%.
Available in40 kg25 L
In stock: Windhoek & Walvis Bay
The deeper range from our master product list — stocked or sourced on request. Ask for grades, pack sizes and bulk pricing.

Battery Acid SG 1.24 - 1.28
Ready-to-use sulphuric acid at battery strength for topping and commissioning batteries.

Hydrofluoric Acid (40% CP, 48% CP)
CP-grade hydrofluoric acid for laboratory etching and analysis. Extremely hazardous — specialist handling only.


Nitric Acid 60% Industrial
Industrial nitric acid for metal treatment and processes.

Sulphonic Acid
LABSA — the workhorse anionic surfactant acid for detergent manufacture.




Boric Acid (Crystals CP, Powder CP)
CP-grade boric acid crystals and powder for laboratory, flux and preservation work.

Boric Acid Tech Powder - 25K
Technical boric acid powder in 25 kg bags for industrial use.



CP (chemically pure) grades — nitric 55% CP, o-phosphoric CP, acetic glacial CP — are laboratory-quality reagents with tight impurity limits, supplied for analysis, assay work and formulation where consistency matters. Industrial grades such as hydrochloric 30–33% or sulphuric 98% are workhorse strengths for cleaning, pickling and processing at a much lower cost per litre. If the acid ends up in a product people consume, ask us for the food-grade option instead — acetic acid food grade 30 kg and citric FFC are stocked for exactly that.
Hydrochloric acid — sold over the counter as Spirits of Salts — is the standard choice for washing cement haze off brickwork and etching concrete floors before coating. Dilute it into water (never water into acid), work in sections, and rinse thoroughly. For lighter household descaling of kettles, urinals and pipework, our packaged Scale Remover does the same job at a safer, ready-to-use strength in 330 ml to 25 litre packs.
Yes. Sulphuric acid is stocked as ready-filled battery acid at SG 1.24–1.28 for topping and commissioning, and as 71% and 98% technical strengths in 40 kg packs for workshops that dilute their own. Fleet operators and mines running battery bays typically take the 71% with de-ionised water — we stock both, so one delivery covers the bay. Always add acid to water and wear full face and hand protection.
Trophy preparation is a genuine Namibian industry and the catalogue reflects it: hydrochloric acid is used as a cleaning medium in taxidermy, and hydrogen peroxide whitens skulls and bone for European mounts. Alongside those we stock borax for fleshing, formic and oxalic acid for tanning work, and salt-based preserving chemicals. Dip-and-pack operations working to veterinary export rules can get SDS and consistent grades on account.
Acids leave our depots in UN-rated packaging — polycans from 750 ml to 25 litre, and drums for bulk — with the transport documentation carriers require for hazardous goods. Overnight road freight reaches most inland towns from Windhoek, and the Walvis Bay depot covers the coast and the uranium-belt mines. If your site has specific decanting or bunding requirements, tell us when you request the quote and we will pack to suit.
Quotes the same business day wherever possible — from either branch, delivered across Namibia.