Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

I'm planning on doing some painting with Pettit Easypoxy tomorrow, and
discovered I'm out of their recomended brushing thinner.
Will mineral spirits work with out a problem? I use it to clean the brushes,
when I use the easypoxy.
Thanks. The closest Place that carries the Pettit thinner is 20 miles away.

Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

I would strongly advise against using mineral spirits as a brushing
thinner. Brushing thinners are a mixture of solvents that have a
minimum impact on paint performance balanced to improve flow and
slightly increase drying time but avoid runs. The primers, paints and
thinners of a paint systems are formulated to work together. While
Easypoxy is an oil modified polyurethane, you are likely to loose the
gloss or drastically shorten the service life or both with straight
mineral spirits.

Ilv2sl wrote:
I'm planning on doing some painting with Pettit Easypoxy tomorrow, and
discovered I'm out of their recomended brushing thinner.
Will mineral spirits work with out a problem? I use it to clean the brushes,
when I use the easypoxy.
Thanks. The closest Place that carries the Pettit thinner is 20 miles away.


--
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I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
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Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

Ilv2sl writes::
I'm planning on doing some painting with Pettit Easypoxy tomorrow, and
discovered I'm out of their recomended brushing thinner.
Will mineral spirits work with out a problem?

Probably not.

I use it to clean the brushes,
when I use the easypoxy.

Like comparing oranges and apples.

Thanks. The closest Place that carries the Pettit thinner is 20 miles
away.

Looks like you have a 40 mile round trip ahead of you.


--
Lew

S/A: Challenge, The Bullet Proof Boat, (Under Construction in the Southland)
Visit: http://home.earthlink.net/~lewhodgett for Pictures

Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

"Ilv2sl" wrote in message
...
I'm planning on doing some painting with Pettit Easypoxy tomorrow, and
discovered I'm out of their recomended brushing thinner.
Will mineral spirits work with out a problem? I use it to clean the
brushes,
when I use the easypoxy.
Thanks. The closest Place that carries the Pettit thinner is 20 miles
away.

On a related note. Does anybody have a magic decoder sheet ( Generic) for
the brand name solvents? For example, Interlux. The solvents are really
rip-offs?

Bill

Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

The MSDS sheets will give you a hint of what is in them but not
necessarily how much of each.

Bill wrote:
"Ilv2sl" wrote in message
...

I'm planning on doing some painting with Pettit Easypoxy tomorrow, and
discovered I'm out of their recomended brushing thinner.
Will mineral spirits work with out a problem? I use it to clean the

brushes,

when I use the easypoxy.
Thanks. The closest Place that carries the Pettit thinner is 20 miles

away.

On a related note. Does anybody have a magic decoder sheet ( Generic) for
the brand name solvents? For example, Interlux. The solvents are really
rip-offs?

Bill




--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Paint Solvents; was Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

Glenn,

You seem pretty knowledgeable about solvents and paints.

I've got this bee In my bonnet about the fact that so many very cheap
solvents (acetone, methyl alcohol, 'white spirits' - a UK name, xylene) have
been given disguised names by branded paint manufacturers (thinners #1, #2
etc, or #506, #527 etc).

This is a right pain when you're cruising internationally, when a request
for Noggin's thinner 'C' makes the paint retailer burst out laughing.
..
I take your point that certain paint solvents are mixes carefully designed
to give easy application and appropriate drying times. In my (fairly
ignorant) experience these seem to be xylene/benzene/other petrochemical
mixes. However, for cleaning up (as apart from paint thinning) it wouldn't
seem to matter too much if you just used one of the appropriate matching
components.

And for overpainting, it's essential to know that your new paint's solvent
matches that of the coat underneath.

I'm getting quite good at sniffing out which paint uses which thinner now,
if a little high on the experience. But I'd certainly appreciate a guide to
solvents and brand names, and I wish all manufacturers said what class of
solvent they used in neutral language (rather than invented code). Do you
know any source for such information? Can you translate 'MSDS sheets' for
me?
--
Jim B, Yacht RAPAZ,
Summers in the Med, winters in UK
jim[dot]baerselman[at]ntlworld[dot]com

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
...
The MSDS sheets will give you a hint of what is in them but not
necessarily how much of each.

Bill wrote:
"Ilv2sl" wrote in message
...

Paint Solvents; was Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

Voila! http://www.msdssearch.com/DBLinksN.htm
You can punch in just about any product and it's MSDS will come up, with at
least a generic description of what it has in it. Maybe not exact formulas,
but usually enough for you to figure out if it's xylene, acetone, or
whatever. Happy hunting!

--


Keith
__
There is no substitute for good manners, except perhaps fast reflexes.
"Jim B" wrote in message
...
Glenn,

You seem pretty knowledgeable about solvents and paints.

I've got this bee In my bonnet about the fact that so many very cheap
solvents (acetone, methyl alcohol, 'white spirits' - a UK name, xylene)
have
been given disguised names by branded paint manufacturers (thinners #1, #2
etc, or #506, #527 etc).

This is a right pain when you're cruising internationally, when a request
for Noggin's thinner 'C' makes the paint retailer burst out laughing.
.
I take your point that certain paint solvents are mixes carefully designed
to give easy application and appropriate drying times. In my (fairly
ignorant) experience these seem to be xylene/benzene/other petrochemical
mixes. However, for cleaning up (as apart from paint thinning) it wouldn't
seem to matter too much if you just used one of the appropriate matching
components.

And for overpainting, it's essential to know that your new paint's solvent
matches that of the coat underneath.

I'm getting quite good at sniffing out which paint uses which thinner now,
if a little high on the experience. But I'd certainly appreciate a guide
to
solvents and brand names, and I wish all manufacturers said what class of
solvent they used in neutral language (rather than invented code). Do you
know any source for such information? Can you translate 'MSDS sheets' for
me?
--
Jim B, Yacht RAPAZ,
Summers in the Med, winters in UK
jim[dot]baerselman[at]ntlworld[dot]com

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
...
The MSDS sheets will give you a hint of what is in them but not
necessarily how much of each.

Bill wrote:
"Ilv2sl" wrote in message
...

Paint Solvents; was Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

HEY HEY! Looks like Pettit 12120 Brushing Thinner is 100% naptha. West
Moron wants $38 for a gallon for Pettit Brushing Thinner. Ace Hardware
wants $3.50 for a gallon of naptha. Looks like we pay a lot of money
for capital letters. :-)

Keith wrote:
Voila! http://www.msdssearch.com/DBLinksN.htm
You can punch in just about any product and it's MSDS will come up, with at
least a generic description of what it has in it. Maybe not exact formulas,
but usually enough for you to figure out if it's xylene, acetone, or
whatever. Happy hunting!



--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

Paint Solvents; was Mineral spirits and Easypoxy?
 

HEY HEY! Looks like Pettit 12120 Brushing Thinner is 100% naptha. West
Moron wants $38 for a gallon for Pettit Brushing Thinner. Ace Hardware
wants $3.50 for a gallon of naptha. Looks like we pay a lot of money
for capital letters. :-)

Keith wrote:
Voila! http://www.msdssearch.com/DBLinksN.htm
You can punch in just about any product and it's MSDS will come up, with at
least a generic description of what it has in it. Maybe not exact formulas,
but usually enough for you to figure out if it's xylene, acetone, or
whatever. Happy hunting!

Damn, 1 day late finding out Pettit's Brushing thinner is Naptha. And was raped
again at West Marine.
At least the job is done, K