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[Arthur Brown]

White spirit is not an alcohol! While it may be available and cheap, it is not miscible with water and doesn't evaporate well.

The alcohol is either as a solvent for the binder or to reduce the surface tension, or to aid the evaporation of the water used in mixing.

[al.]

white spirit isn't an alcohol, it's an alkane/isoalkane. it's derived from paraffin rather than ehthanol based

[al.]

whoops, didn't see your reply AB

[Zinginex]

White spirit is not an alcohol! While it may be available and cheap, it is not miscible with water and doesn't evaporate well.

The alcohol is either as a solvent for the binder or to reduce the surface tension, or to aid the evaporation of the water used in mixing.

ah man now i have 2 litres of it sitting round... lol thanks

[Arthur Brown]

White Spirit is only volatile at above ambient temperatures, Things that dissolve in alcohol may likely NOT dissolve in white spirit. If you want to dry ws you will have to heat it, and it should be vented away from people..

Just buy some methylated spirits...

[GalFisk]

I don't think so, it's a completely different solvent.
Edit: yes, what Arthur Brown said.

Edited by GalFisk, 13 March 2008 - 12:02 AM.