What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike

"Mike" wrote in news:dw4ve.1995$Uc2.1241@trnddc03:

What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike





I never had problems using water, but it depends on
the kind of paint etc. What do the directions on
the can say?

"Mike" wrote in message
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What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike



I use a product that is called Flotec, I believe. It is available at Home
Depot. It thins, but also makes it flow on with a LOT (LOT!) less brush
marks and stipple. You can add a tad of water, but be careful. This
Flotec(I think that is it, will make sure tomorrow when I look in my shop)
is GOOD stuff.

Or, at least that has been my experience.

Steve

Did you mean Floetrol?

It really depends on what the purpose of thinning it is. Has it
thickened 'cause the can wasn't closed properly?

"siralfred" wrote in message
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It really depends on what the purpose of thinning it is. Has it
thickened 'cause the can wasn't closed properly?

You asked the question, now why not tell us what to do about that situation.

Regular latex house paints are water base, mostly water, so water thins
them fine. Floetrol can be used to actualy make them brush easier but is
expensive and not necessary. The difference between many cheap lines of
one company and their top line can be just water %. A trick to getting
cheap paint to cover can be leaving the top off a 5 and letting water
evaporate for a few days to weeks, stiring every day. So where you read
water is not the right thinner for latex house paint is pure BS

I believe it thickened because the lid was left off for too long.

Mike

"siralfred" wrote in message
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It really depends on what the purpose of thinning it is. Has it
thickened 'cause the can wasn't closed properly?

Several months ago, I read a very good article on painting in This Old House
magazine that recommended not using
water to thin paint. I don't remember what product they recommended for
thinning paint.

Mike

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"Mike" wrote in message
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What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike



I use a product that is called Flotec, I believe. It is available at Home
Depot. It thins, but also makes it flow on with a LOT (LOT!) less brush
marks and stipple. You can add a tad of water, but be careful. This
Flotec(I think that is it, will make sure tomorrow when I look in my shop)
is GOOD stuff.

Or, at least that has been my experience.

Steve

"Mike" wrote in message
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What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike

How did Barnum put it?

One born every...

Yea I heard diluting whiskey with water is bad, so I drink it straight,
those whiskey thinners cost to much.

I never thin if the only point is to make it stretch. See it all the
time in new construction. go buy another gallon.

If a can of paint is left open too long it skims over before it
thickens. Paint in a closed can that's been sitting a while will
thicken. If stirring doesn't thin it out I'll add a bit of water. Other
than that i don't use water.

I do use a latex paint additive (soemone said Floetrol) at times. Some
latexes set up quickly -- not good for the brush or the finished
product. A latex paint additive slows the dry time, so the finish will
smooth out something like oil-based does..

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:50:33 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

I'm in the dry Southwest and depending on the paint, the (lack of)
humidity that day, and the project, I thin latex with water to extend
brush time. Amateurs and pros I've talked to here do the same.

--
Luke
__________________________________________________ ____________________
"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass
destruction [as justification for invading Iraq], because it was the
one reason everyone could agree on." -- Paul Wolfowitz, May 28, 2003

I bought the paint than tweleve months ago
used it than stored it 'til this year.

Mike

"Hopkins" wrote in message
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I never thin if the only point is to make it stretch. See it all the
time in new construction. go buy another gallon.

If a can of paint is left open too long it skims over before it
thickens. Paint in a closed can that's been sitting a while will
thicken. If stirring doesn't thin it out I'll add a bit of water. Other
than that i don't use water.

I do use a latex paint additive (soemone said Floetrol) at times. Some
latexes set up quickly -- not good for the brush or the finished
product. A latex paint additive slows the dry time, so the finish will
smooth out something like oil-based does..

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 15:49:06 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:50:33 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike


BEER !!!!!!

Then spend the evenings licking the walls???

--
Luke

drink the beer pee in the paint

OK, seems water is used by just about everybody.

Mike

"Luke" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:50:33 GMT, "Mike" wrote:

What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

I'm in the dry Southwest and depending on the paint, the (lack of)
humidity that day, and the project, I thin latex with water to extend
brush time. Amateurs and pros I've talked to here do the same.

--
Luke
__________________________________________________ ____________________
"For bureaucratic reasons, we settled on one issue, weapons of mass
destruction [as justification for invading Iraq], because it was the
one reason everyone could agree on." -- Paul Wolfowitz, May 28, 2003

Mike wrote:
OK, seems water is used by just about everybody.

Mike


snip

Ya think? Could it be because that is what it says on the can? At
least it has on every can I have bought.

Harry K

wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 03:50:33 GMT, "Mike" wrote:


What is the best liquid to use for thinning latex paint?
I read someplace not to use water to do this.

Thanks,
Mike



BEER !!!!!!


Hey, hold on there! Beer has a much higher calling than to be used
that way.

Or did you mean used beer?



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Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. The paint thickens, something
along the lines of pudding, and sometimes just stirring it up will
bring it back to normal.