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8841 Ernie Fisch <ernfisch@i...> 1996‑11‑01 RE: THACKERAY RABBET
** Reply to note from seskfur5@i... Fri, 1 Nov 1996 06:05:56 -0500 
 
Richard asks: 
 
>    
>  To enlighten the other half of the hemisphere (meaning me) 
>    
>  Is lacquer thinner what I would refer to as 'cellulose' thinner? or one of 
>  the newer ones? 
>  Where cellulose paint is the older car paint, as opposed to newer 
>  catalytic hardeners, for which I believe the thinner is much more 
>  aggressive? 
>    
 
Not being familiar with old world terms my answer lacks certainty but 
that has rarely stopped my. 
 
I strongly suspect that lacquer and cellulose thinners are the same. 
The lacquers it thins are the nitrocellulose lacquers.  This is what 
the hot rodders of the '40s would spray in multiple thin coats. 
 
Modern thinners may be more aggressive but this stuff is still nasty. 
I wear gloves if I am going to get my hands in it to any extent and I 
don't like to breathe the fumes.  Since I live in Arizona where 70 
deg is cold I do my paint work outside and can minimize the fume 
problem.  I clean my airbrush (HO railroad modeler) with it but the 
amount is so small it isn't a problem.

ernie 
The Arizona tool sink, IT #22



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