BLO/Paint thinner - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

sgimbel · 10-13-2009, 12:13 PM

Any reason I can't use Paint thinner to cut BLO? I have a gallon of non-flamable paint thinner that states it is for cutting any oil based product with varnish being 1 of the products listed.

Second. I have clear storsge containers with a spout on the bottom. Can you see any reasn I can't store unused prduct in them?

wood-n-things · 10-13-2009, 06:00 PM

I have found that plastic still allows air in as it is semi-porous. I have had left overs gel in plastic...

I'm not sure about question 1 but I would think it would be fine...

Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter · 10-13-2009, 07:58 PM

I use a mix of mineral spirits, BLO and polyurethane and sooner or later no matter what kind of container that I store it in...it will go bad.

So my answer to this problem is just mix what I need and then store the left overs with the hope that it might still be good when I need it again.

Mick Walker · 10-13-2009, 08:31 PM

Scott, I use paint thinner to thin or clean up after using oil base products. Thinner is less expensive than mineral spirits, it may have a somewhat stronger odor than mineral spirits.

lucky788scroller · 10-15-2009, 04:20 AM

mineral spirits and paint thinner can be interchanged as far as I have ever known. My one gallon of paint thinner also says (mineral spirits) right on the can.

10-13-2009, 12:13 PM	#1
sgimbel Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Round Rock, Texas Posts: 182	BLO/Paint thinner Any reason I can't use Paint thinner to cut BLO? I have a gallon of non-flamable paint thinner that states it is for cutting any oil based product with varnish being 1 of the products listed. Second. I have clear storsge containers with a spout on the bottom. Can you see any reasn I can't store unused prduct in them? __________________ Scott in Round Rock, Texas

10-13-2009, 06:00 PM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,471 Blog Entries: 1	I have found that plastic still allows air in as it is semi-porous. I have had left overs gel in plastic... I'm not sure about question 1 but I would think it would be fine... __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

10-13-2009, 07:58 PM	#3
Okie_Arkie_Wood_Cutter Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: SouthWest Arkansas Posts: 402	I use a mix of mineral spirits, BLO and polyurethane and sooner or later no matter what kind of container that I store it in...it will go bad. So my answer to this problem is just mix what I need and then store the left overs with the hope that it might still be good when I need it again. __________________ You can take the boy out of the hill country, but you can not take the hill country out of the boy. Okie's Cuttings and Patterns http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/bb24/okiearkie/ darrell, the okiearkie

10-13-2009, 08:31 PM	#4
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,335	Scott, I use paint thinner to thin or clean up after using oil base products. Thinner is less expensive than mineral spirits, it may have a somewhat stronger odor than mineral spirits. __________________ Mick, - Delta P-20 The future ain't what it used to be.

10-15-2009, 04:20 AM	#5
lucky788scroller Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: wisconsin Posts: 6,260	mineral spirits and paint thinner can be interchanged as far as I have ever known. My one gallon of paint thinner also says (mineral spirits) right on the can. __________________ Dale w/ yella saws

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