On 10 Nov, 10:30, " wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit

Wiki though, so it's likely to be Yankified.

Something I've often wondered (I do that) is how close US "Stoddard
solvent" (their white spirit) is to ours. Stoddard solvent was
developed to be a dry cleaning solvent (presumably no remaining smell)
which isn't really true of our white spirit, to the level of wearing
clothes that have been soaked in it.