polystyrene lacquer

[salty72]

has anyone made polystyrene lacquers, from what I have been told you disolve plystrene into ???? (think it might be turps or maybe thinners)

It can be poured onto a surface for a mirror finish that is nearlly bullet proof. have not had a chance to experiment but thought someone here might know

[Groggy]

Salty, I've heard of it being dissolved with turps and then used to seal endgrain on timber while it is drying, but not as a finish.

[Greg_stewy]

Salty,

as a kid, my brother and I used to use turps and foam combo as a glue... we weren't alowed to use dads good stuff, and we discovered this accidently. my memory of 25 years ago was that it worked well as a glue... will have to try again...
I did have a tiny little petrol in a container the other day and poured it onto some polystyrene, and it becomes a very slimey, gooey mess... would find it hard to spread on wood to finish...

Greg.

[chrisb691]

I've seen it made up using Laquer Thinners.

[echnidna]

makes good glue for styrene

[dai sensei]

I used to melt foam in turps all the time for end sealing, now I just use Bondcrete, but it would be no good as a finish. Petrol is also no good, it melts the foam, but the reaction causes too many bubbles and it doesn't stick as well to the timber.