It was applied to wounds and sores to stave off infection, used to treat lice, and combined with animal fat to make a chest rub for respiratory problems. It was also used as ingested medicine for a long time, but this is strongly discouraged as it does far more harm than good. In fact, using turpentine as any kind of medicine is risky and unnecessary with modern medicine so readily available. Turpentine has had many niche uses over the years, including being added to gin, added to cleaning products as an antiseptic, and used as lamp oil.
Kerosene also called kerosine, coal oil, furnace oil No. Although turpentine, as well as kerosene, can be used as paint thinners while thinning paint, these products are generally labeled differently and with their true names. Due to being light and less harsh kerosene, is basically used for fuelling the engines, stoves, and furnaces rather than to thin paint. If you want to choose between Kerosene, paint thinner, and turpentine you may decide based on how much you actually want to spend on your project.
If you are wondering whether there are other substitutes that can be used instead of a thinner or turpentine, there might be few options. If you are using latex or acrylic, you can simply make a homemade paint thinner with some water. But if you are primarily using oil paint or enamel, you may use other household solvents like rubbing alcohol, lemon oil mixed with linseed oil, acetone, methylated spirits, Windex, etc. Remember, these cannot replace thinner or turpentine and should be used in pinch, only if proper paint thinner is not available.
Make sure that you read the label of the product carefully and use the solvent in an appropriate ratio. The best is to thin and prepare a small portion of the paint using any of these household paint thinners in a small bucket. Gasoline is a type of engine fuel made from crude oil and other petroleum liquids. When thinning paint with gas make sure that you wear a proper respirator that is rated for organic vapors.
Paint thinner, turpentine, and acetone are among the most common solvents that a painter uses to make the oil paint thin. While choosing among all these paint-thinning solvents, for your DIY home repainting project, it is good to decide on how much of an odor your lungs can actually tolerate. Safety masks are highly recommended when working with paint thinners, especially blended mineral spirits.
There are harmful elements found in certain pine species, which can cause allergic reactions and skin irritations when you touch them. Inhaling or ingesting the strong fumes can also be harmful to your health, so safety precautions and PPE are highly recommended. On the other hand, turpentine can be very expensive compared to other solvents. The high cost is part of the reason why turpentine is not very popular for everyday use, and only artists who really love the look and performance of turpentine will opt for this solvent.
Depending on the type of paint, the cost of turpentine may not be worth it for you to use it as a paint thinner. Turpentine is most commonly used for oil paint. Paint thinners and turpentine, in particular, are often used to thin paint, clean stained surfaces and paintbrushes, and degrease surfaces. If you are working with thick oil paint, these thinners are very much necessary to achieve the desired paint consistency to work with the paint.
Airbrushing, for example, is a common technique that requires you to use paint thinners. Cleaning up and degreasing is pretty easy with these strong solvents. In addition, they can be used to remove wax from wood surfaces, clean oily tools, remove adhesives, and smooth out heel marks from wooden flooring.
Neither paint thinners nor turpentine can remove paint that is completely dry. In most cases, you will have to use sandpaper to remove paint that is already cured. In addition, these are highly flammable substances that need to be handled with caution; they should not be used as fire starters in any case.
Paint Thinner. Drawing and Painting More. Please see my disclosure to learn more. Polyester Vs. You may also like. November 8, It might be worth experimenting to see how well it works with model paints.
Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. Mark Joyce. Glad you brought this up Iron Chef, because I use almost exclusively enamels. I've gotten so confused about what to use that I usually stick to the manufacturer's thinner; i.
I'm sure it costs more than "generic" thinners, but I don't model enough that the savings are really anything that concerns me. I'd rather be safe than sorry, and end up ruining a paint job! Part of the problem I've had is the different terms used for the same thinners. I've been confused about the term "Cellulose Thinner," which is popular "across the pond," so to speak. I believe this refers to laquer thinner, but I'm not positive.
Also, for the life of me I've been unable to find White Spirits. Hopefully someone can answer all our questions! Ignorance is bliss. White Spirits are the same as enamel thinner over here , just man made, not like turpentine, which comes from trees. Lacquer thinner is the same as cellulose thinner, just a different name. Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, January 7, AM. Lacquer thinner is a hot, aggressive thinner that is ideal for cleaning Airbrushes or thinning lacquer paints.
Turpentine is used primarily with artists oils, not good for thinning enamels for airbrushing, but can be used for washes. Some of your manufacturer thinners, like ModelMaster thinner, is repackaged mineral spirits at a much higher cost than the hardware variety, or Floquil Diosol, which is basically lacquer thinner. Regards, Rick. Member since May From: The flat lands of the Southeast. Posted by styrene on Friday, January 7, AM. Cellulose thinner is lacquer thinner.
It can be in the form of ethyl cellulose, cellulose acetate, or the more common nitrocellulose or cellulose nitrate. Lacquer thinners also contain ringed hydrocarbons such as toluene and xylene. All these compounds make the thinner pretty hot volatile.
Lacquer thinner is the most toxic of the three mentioned--because of the components and increased volatility. This stuff is great for thinning lacquer paints Duh! Mineral spirits contain long-chained hydrocarbons aliphatics and are by-products of petroleum distillation processes.
Petroleum naphtha and stoddard solvent are some of the products found in mineral spirits. White spirits is another name for mineral spirits, and contains stoddard solvent as its primary ingredient usually. This material is superb for thinning enamels, enamel-and even oil-washes, and cleaning airbrushes. This material ranks third in relative toxicity after lacquer thinner and turpentine.
Turpentine goes by the name gum turpentine, oil of turpentine, steam distilled turpentine and gum spirits, among others. Turpentine is obtained by distilling the gum from various species of pine. It is a mixture of isomeric terpene hydrorocarbons.
Composition varies with refining methods and the age, location and species of the softwood source. This material would typically be used in the thinning of oil paints, pigments, etc. This material's toxicity ranks second after lacquer thinner. Hope this helps a little. Gip Winecoff. Nietzsche "Nietzsche is dead"--God. Well thanks everyone for those great Responces That does clear things up quite a bit. And BTW thanks for not making me feel like a.
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