Thinners....

[AIDY]

Most paint manufactures do a variety of thinner's for there paint's.

The pot's of international thinner's are numbered and are supposedly different for different paint application's. Jotun and i think blakes do the same thing. Is it just a money making exercise getting me to buy various pot's of thinner's possibly standard cellulose. or is there something quite different about each numbered pot.

Anyone Know /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

TIA

 

[sarabande]

not much, but might help.

http://forum.doityourself.com/furniture-...difference.html


and this, too
http://www.blpmobilepaint.com/thinners.htm

I did use the wrong thinner earlier this year on a dinghy being done up with epoxy undercoating. Admittedly the weather was a bit chilly, but the paint didn't go hard for about 10 days. But it was OK and v tough when it did finally dry out.

 

[VicS]

The thinners are all different and some are a mixture of solvents. For some products there may be more than one solvent that can be used , the product data sheet will indicate which thinner(s) should be used.
For other products the correct thinner will be important so it would be folly to waste the cost of a perhaps very expensive product by using the wrong thinner.

Conventional and single pack polyurethane coatings can usually be thinned with white spirit. Thinners that are white spirit can usually be identified from the material safety data sheet.

if you have access to cellulose thinner, or any other for that matter, check its safety data and compare with the safety data for the product you are using. You may or may not be able to find a match.

White spirit is the only one which I can with confidence say you will be able to find in the DIY stores and i think you will find it can be used in place of International Thinners no 1.

 

[damo]

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White spirit is the only one which I can with confidence say you will be able to find in the DIY stores and i think you will find it can be used in place of International Thinners no 1.

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You certainly can, at a fraction of the price. I acquired a drum of it last year and was tempted to bottle it and sell it to the local sailors as No1 Thinners. Half the price of the chandlers would still be a monster profit /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[alec]

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White spirit is the only one which I can with confidence say you will be able to find in the DIY stores and i think you will find it can be used in place of International Thinners no 1.

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You certainly can, at a fraction of the price. I acquired a drum of it last year and was tempted to bottle it and sell it to the local sailors as No1 Thinners. Half the price of the chandlers would still be a monster profit /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

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Would agree. The only thing maybe is that the No1 is a much more highly refined 'white spirit' which may have a bearing when thinning paint.