What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between Turps
Sub & White Spirit?


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On 8 Nov, 23:23, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between Turps
Sub & White Spirit?

White spirit evaporates, turps sub. leaves an oily residue.

Use white spirit for everything.

You can use turps sub. for most things, certainly for thinning paint.
However you can't clean things with it as well. I can't think of
anything that turps sub. will do, and that white spirit won't.



Incidentally, if you don't have one already, get yourself a
"Brushmate" (and a clip to hold it upright in the van). I've just
bought a couple more as Xmas grifts. Looks gimmicky, but it does
really work. Crown decorator centres sell them.

Andy Dingley wrote:
On 8 Nov, 23:23, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between
Turps Sub & White Spirit?

White spirit evaporates, turps sub. leaves an oily residue.

Use white spirit for everything.

You can use turps sub. for most things, certainly for thinning paint.
However you can't clean things with it as well. I can't think of
anything that turps sub. will do, and that white spirit won't.


Cheers for that. I wonder why its still on sale considering its dearer than
white spirit?

Incidentally, if you don't have one already, get yourself a
"Brushmate" (and a clip to hold it upright in the van). I've just
bought a couple more as Xmas grifts. Looks gimmicky, but it does
really work. Crown decorator centres sell them.

I just buy the cheapo brushes & rollers from B&Q & bin them when done. More
economical that wasting time cleaning them.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between Turps
Sub & White Spirit?


Turpentine is the resinous extract obtained from coniferous trees and
mainly used as a thinner for synthetic paints, it also acts as a drier.

White spirit is used more as a cleanser.

ste

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpentine_substitute

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpentine

The Medway Handyman wrote:

Incidentally, if you don't have one already, get yourself a
"Brushmate" (and a clip to hold it upright in the van). I've just
bought a couple more as Xmas grifts. Looks gimmicky, but it does
really work. Crown decorator centres sell them.

I just buy the cheapo brushes & rollers from B&Q & bin them when done. More
economical that wasting time cleaning them.

But a well used brush that has been well cared for is *much* nicer to
paint with. At the very least it doesn't shed hairs at regular
intervals.

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Chris Green

On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:56:35 -0800, Andy Dingley
wrote:


Incidentally, if you don't have one already, get yourself a
"Brushmate" (and a clip to hold it upright in the van). I've just
bought a couple more as Xmas grifts. Looks gimmicky, but it does
really work. Crown decorator centres sell them.

And they have them on offer once or twice a year.

On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:50:36 +0000, ste wrote:

The Medway Handyman wrote:
What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between Turps
Sub & White Spirit?

Turpentine is the resinous extract obtained from coniferous trees

Turps sub though, not turpentine

Andy Dingley wrote:
On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:50:36 +0000, ste wrote:

The Medway Handyman wrote:
What's the difference on a practical 'gloss painting' level between Turps
Sub & White Spirit?

Turpentine is the resinous extract obtained from coniferous trees

Turps sub though, not turpentine


Sorry, I misread the original post.

Turpentine substitute and White spirit are basically the same solvent
which are derived from mineral origin, (petroleum distillate).

Turpentine or genuine turpentine are of course from vegetable origin,
(coniferous trees).

ste

On 13 Nov, 07:31, ste wrote:

Turpentine substitute and White spirit are basically the same solvent
which are derived from mineral origin, (petroleum distillate).

Basically yes, but they differ in detail. There is a spec for this, it
is consistent, it is significant, it is different between the two of
them.

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.