Talk:Mineral turpentine

Alternatives?
Is there any alternative for mineral turpentine oil? if there any please mail meat ( gem_nlp@yahoo.com) 210.212.255.75

Hazards?
My parents use Paint thinner for everything: if there are oil stains on, let's say, a fan (residue from cooking), stains in the washroom sink, even for a chandelier that they thought needed cleaning. Are there any dangers to using this? I know it's volatile, but what about the chemical residues?

-T 65.92.163.117


 * Well, fire, of course. And who knows what carcinogenic and mutagenic effects may be discovered over the years, ehh? But I've been known to use various (relatively) non-polar solvents for cleaning as well, although I tend to prefer to use WD-40 rather than paint thinner and where I use it, a slight oily residue is often desireable. Paint thinner should evaporate without residue. It might have the tendency to dissolve some surfaces, of course.


 * Atlant 12:52, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Ghost Tonic
Paint thinner is also known as Ghost tonic because when thrown on paint in an haunted house, the paint forms into the shape of the ghosts that live there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.118.125.24 (talk • contribs).


 * Reference? Citation? Or just something you heard?


 * Atlant 12:56, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

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I have removed the following text from the article:

"In South Korea, Thinner is called (sin-na) and used as illegal substitute for gasoline due to high tax rate. Some teenagers inhale thinner as alternative to drugs since South Korea's illegal narcotic market is well kept controlled under government enforcement."

The remarks regarding South Korea are irrelevant. The use of turpentine substitute as an inhalant is already mentioned. If turpentine substitute (rather than "thinner") can in fact be used as a functional alternative to gasoline, this deserves to be mentioned, but then I doubt its usage is limited to South Korea, or any more prevalent there than in many other places. -- scwimbush 17:15, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

"Odorless" mineral spirits?
Is this the same thing as the (patently false) "odorless" turpentine? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.93.40.145 (talk) 21:38, 17 October 2007 (UTC)