Stoddard solvent is the official name. It smells, feels, and acts
just like mineral spirits paint thinner to me.

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"carl mciver" wrote in message
ink.net...
I use paint thinner. Cheap, and started using this after
asking the
same question as you did of another group.

"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
| I have a Graymills drum-mounted parts washer. Last time it
needed solvent
| I plunked down something like $75 for 10 gallons of Super
Agitene at
Grainger.
| NFW I'm going to do that again. It's time to clean it out and
put in new
| solvent, and I'm looking for something I can homebrew or buy
cheaply,
| ideally locally. I know that NAPA stores carry stuff called
"Solvent" in
| one-gallon bottles but that stuff is brown and sort of nasty.
That's what
| I used to use in my old 4-gallon import, and I didn't like it.
|
| I know I'm not the only one on this NG with a parts washer.
What do you
use?
|
| GWE