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Post by mobiltec on Jan 24, 2021 6:45:28 GMT -8
If you live in a state that has banned Denatured Alcohol and need to thin your shellac, all you have to do is find some Everclear Drinking Alcohol. According to a few of my students who live in California it works just great! One of my students has a son who builds and restores guitars and he uses it all the time with his shellac with great success. If you decide to give it a try, please comment below on your experience.
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Post by ruderunner on Jan 24, 2021 9:11:02 GMT -8
I've tried Everclear. The results weren't pretty.
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 24, 2021 11:10:54 GMT -8
I've tried Everclear. The results weren't pretty. I think he was suggesting to use it externally to dilute the shellac, not taken internally, "without a mixer", LOL. John |
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Post by ekimnamniets on Jan 24, 2021 11:43:05 GMT -8
Also kills Covid-19, from the inside out.
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Post by danrhodes on Jan 24, 2021 14:56:03 GMT -8
Another California trick, when your paint calls for naphtha to thin it, use Coleman "white gas" fuel which is 100% naptha but not banned for some reason. I used it to thin valspar tractor paint that I had to get from out of state as well. Still looking good a few years later..
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Post by John Palmer on Jan 24, 2021 18:35:17 GMT -8
Yes, also Acetone is still California VOC compliant, and available. It works well to thin Rust-o-leum oil based enamel paints. It also works well for spray gun clean up.
When purchasing automotive paints, the paint dealers stock the California VOC compliant reducers and solvents for the currently available paints. The newer formulations seem like, and work just the same as the old stuff which is not available in California.
Rest assured, the rest of the states will have the same VOC regulations as California very soon. I have been told that the European standards are more stringent than the California standards. As a homeowner, we are exempt from the commercial standards, we can shoot "a quart of paint a day" unrestricted. One quart of paint (unmixed is a lot of paint.
John
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Post by oakback on Feb 5, 2021 6:38:25 GMT -8
Can you still buy denatured alcohol online and have it shipped from another state?
I make my own booze, I can get 90% just fine. I wonder how it would work with shellac, I've never tried. Works great for cleaning paintbrushes, though.
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Post by mobiltec on Feb 11, 2021 9:10:33 GMT -8
Can you still buy denatured alcohol online and have it shipped from another state? I make my own booze, I can get 90% just fine. I wonder how it would work with shellac, I've never tried. Works great for cleaning paintbrushes, though. No you must leave the state to get it. Give your booze a try on a piece of scrap. What could it hurt? |
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Post by ekimnamniets on Feb 11, 2021 13:24:36 GMT -8
Alcohol abuse!
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