Acetone 2nd question

[NOXJohn]

Sorry for the sort of duplicate post but I just went to the garage and read all the paint cans. The Rust-oleum primer says to use acetone as a thinner which I will get. The Valspar red and gray enamel say to use naphtha which after doing a google search I would rather avoid. Is there anything wrong with using mineral spirits or acetone to thin Valspar paint? If not what else can I use to thin it other then naphtha?

 

[souNdguy]

Acetone will likely ruin that valspar paint.

Mineral spirits generally is used in a brush on application, where it is indicated, while the naptha is usually used for spray on application.

I think you may be a little backwards on your fear.. acetone is MUCH MUCH more nastier stuff than naptha.. i'd MUCH prefer to have my hands in naptha than acetone. I spray paint with naptha all the time.. Think of it like a fast drying mineral spirits.. etc.

soundguy

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 10:02:00 08/06/08) Sorry for the sort of duplicate post but I just went to the garage and read all the paint cans. The Rust-oleum primer says to use acetone as a thinner which I will get. The Valspar red and gray enamel say to use naphtha which after doing a google search I would rather avoid. Is there anything wrong with using mineral spirits or acetone to thin Valspar paint? If not what else can I use to thin it other then naphtha?

Naphtha is what we used to call cigarette lighter fluid.

 

[NOXJohn]

Do you think that I could use naphtha to thin the Rust-oleum primer or should stick with their suggested acetone?

 

[souNdguy]

stick with what the -can- says to use.

In cases where there are multiple recs.. like the choice between MS and napths.. choose based on the application.. IE.. naptha is a faster flash than MS.. etc..

soundguy

 

[NOXJohn]

Thanks

 

[Sean McDonnell]

I'll go along with soundguy on that one, Acetone is pretty nasty stuff. Naptha is a very good reducer for paint as long as the type of paint your using is compatible with it. Think about it, many older household products like cleaners and such used to contain naptha, can't say that about acetone.

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 12:23:53 08/06/08) I'll go along with soundguy on that one, Acetone is pretty nasty stuff. Naptha is a very good reducer for paint as long as the type of paint your using is compatible with it. Think about it, many older household products like cleaners and such used to contain naptha, can't say that about acetone.

I bet your Ole Lady uses acetone to remove her nail polish...

 

[teddy52food]

Is naphtha the same as the coleman fuel used in their lanterns?

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 14:01:47 08/06/08) Is naphtha the same as the coleman fuel used in their lanterns?

Wiki says it is...

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

 

[Anonymous-0]

All I can add to this thread is to read each can of Rustoleum good. FIL and I redid a old horse trailer a few years back. He had primed it and sprayed 1 coat of white on it. He told me we needed some more paint so I went back to the same Lowes and got him another can. Took the family on vac for a few days and when I got back he says we got a problem.
Seems the Rusto I bought first said to use mineral spirits to thin and the 2nd can said naptha. The first coat almost slid right off the side of the trailer when he sprayed the one thinned with the naptha. We checked the cans, same UPC and everything cept for what to use for thinner. :>(

 

[Sean McDonnell]

I know that acetone is used for things such as nailpolish remover but try doing a little burn test on the stuff. Naptha will burn but in a controlled flame, acetone makes a nice fireball about like gasoline. Wouldn't want to be doing your nails with a cigarette nearby.