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Thread: mineral spirits
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22nd April 2012, 08:27 PM #1
mineral spirits
saw a video today showing shellac being rubbed out with wet n dry
he was using a medium to wet the job down which he called mineral spirits
what is it??
i found this post but halfway through mineral spirits suddenly became white spirits
is white spirits [the diggers stuff] the same as mineral spirits?ray c
dunno what's more fun, buyin' the tools or usin' em'
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22nd April 2012, 10:36 PM #2
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Yes
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23rd April 2012, 11:42 AM #3
as china said
Also basically the same mineral turpentine.
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30th April 2012, 12:26 AM #4
The difference between white spirit and mineral turps is, white spirit is less oily and evaporates almost completly clean.
I am finding that I prefeer white spirit for thinning lots of stuff in place of turps..it seems not to send polly hazy as tuprs will.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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11th June 2012, 09:56 PM #5
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hi soundman, can you please tell us the brand name and where we can buy this "white spirit" ?
regards,
Dengy
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11th June 2012, 10:21 PM #6
Unfortunately it is not all that common...and hard to lay hands on in reasonable quantities.
I buy mine from bunnings in 1 litre bottles under the diggers brand.
It is often labled " dry cleaning fluid".
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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11th June 2012, 11:48 PM #7
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12th June 2012, 12:41 AM #8
I can not be sure but I suspect that shellite and other stove fuels, while very closely related may not be as clean and white.
Appart from the fact I have not seen any "shellite" for quite some time.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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12th June 2012, 12:45 AM #9
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12th June 2012, 01:07 AM #10
back when my dad was still working I had access to "waste" hexane for my stove. It was classified as "waste" because the lab my dad working in used it as a solvent for one of their test procedures and because of what they were testing the solvent could not be reused. The last shellite I bought burnt as cleanly.
regards from Alberta, Canada
ian
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12th June 2012, 01:14 AM #11
Yeh burning is one thing thinning finishes is another all together.
Some of the fuels have a dye in them.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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12th June 2012, 01:33 AM #12
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12th June 2012, 06:38 AM #13
I have always been under the impression that white spirits was the same as metho. It is metho that I mix with my shellac. Am i doing the wrong thing.
Terry
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12th June 2012, 08:25 AM #14
No white spirit is definitely not metho.
metho or "Denatured Alcahol" as the americans call it is Ethanol (Ethyl Alcahol) with a nasty tasting additive to stop you drinking it.
White spirit is is a clean white hydrocarbon derived from oil, put crudely it is petrol without all the additives and some of the more volotile and aromatic components.
Its ya basic clean hydrocarbon and the base for a great many things.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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12th June 2012, 11:40 AM #15
White spirit is the same as mineral turpentine and does not dissolve shellac (although it can be added in very small amounts to retard the drying of shellac polish).
Shellite is naphtha/lighter fluid and is used in some 'dry cleaning' solvents. Any shellite I've seen in Australia is crystal clear. It is more volatile than white spirit and therefore evaporates more quickly. I use a fair bit of it for reducing the drying times of some varnishes and wax polishes..
I know you believe you understand what you think I wrote, but I'm not sure you realize that what you just read is not what I meant.
Regards, Woodwould.
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