Painters what the hell is Naptha??

any body have experience with Naptha?
I found some low gloss black paint that has to be thinned to spray with Naptha.
Is it like laquer thinner or more like enamel reducer.

Do you think its compatible with laquer primer?

What about temp range?

 

i believe naptha is the main ingredient in lighter fluid,and many moons ago,it was used for dry cleaning clothes.
haven't seen it on the shelf many places though

 

Naphtha is a petroleum based fuel.I think it's similar to kerosene.

 

Whoa. Old School for sure...

 

Used to use it as octaine booster......OLDBEET

 

i bought some several years ago at shermin williams paint store, i think i saw some at the tractor suppliy store the other day(no i dont have a tractor! ) in the paint dept.

 

I worked for Gleason Works (Layed-Off over a year ago...),and in the paint booth they used Naptha as a reducer. Not sure what the ratio's were or any of the specifics, but at least you got a little info on the stuff.....

Oh, by the way, Gleason makes the machines that cut the gears in everyones car that posts on this board...... FYI

 

Sniff too much of that stuff and you will be flying.

 

old fashion laundry soap,

came in bars,

washed my hair with it once when I was a kid.

hair stuck out like straw for a week.

Paul

 

I use it to clean 1Shot from brushes, strip wax from cars and trucks before striping. It evaporates very quickly, It's basically a cleaner, it might be a ok thinner for primer.

 

I think it's in California ? Naptha Valley?

 

Home Depot(etc) sells gallon cans of Naptha in the paint section.

 

Didn't that used to be called WHITE gasoline? Naptha gas?
Same stuff as for old Coleman camp stoves? Volatile as HELL! Am I showing my age?
Don't take this for gospel.
(Oh yeah, the soap...used to be called "FELS NAPTHA")

 

Tractor Supply Co. sells it. aka TSC

check a farm store

 

This stuff has probably been outlawed in Cali...wear a respirator...unless that's your bag...

 

One-Shot recomends using it as a thinner for their "pearlescent" paints. I use it to thin all of my One-Shot paints. Judging by the smell, feel and overall consistency, it is very similar to mineral spirits. Definitely nothing like laquer thinner or any other "hot" type reducer.

 

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I worked for Gleason Works (Layed-Off over a year ago...),and in the paint booth they used Naptha as a reducer. Not sure what the ratio's were or any of the specifics, but at least you got a little info on the stuff.....



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Did some more searching last night, and Gleason used that stuff like "Preps-All". They would wipe down the metal with it before painting. Also, they old timers would fill up their Zippo's with it also.......

 

It's one of those things that really works and thus is probably outlawed in California. Right up there with Tri-Chlor on the "be careful with this ****" list. Yes, it does work in zippos but you gotta remember to blow the excess fumes out of the lid or you may have a firebomb in your hand when you light it.

 

Yes--flammable and volatile as all getout. My Grandfather once told me about seeing a man killed in a flareup over the parts cleaner in the old Illinois Central car shps. Poor devil was toast in a second.

 

Won't work with laquer.
Pretty stout ****, really hard on the liver 'n' stuff. But I think you gotta do it concentrated to get that effect.
super for cleaning one shot outa your brush, or cleaning car parts, or stripping wax. I'd try it somewhere it didn't show if I was gonna wipe a car down with it I don't think a 30 year old Earl Schibe job would hold up to it.

probably wouldn't spray laquer over any paint that I thinned with it until it cured really good.

It real good for makin' ya loopey, but I think if you did it too often you'd forget why.

 

Main ingredient is solvent tank solvent, and in the same family as mineral spirits. So say my ZEP rep guy.

 

Its one of the benefits of getting let go from a company that moves to Canada or Mexico. I'm using it currently to get me a new education.

You're right on with the "if it works we gotta outlaw it" ****. I must be an outlaw cuz I got 10 Gallons of Tri-Chlor 1,1,1 in the garage now. Company would have had to pay someone to remove it from the property so my boss set it next to my truck and when we left to go home it was gone. Neither one of us knows what happened to it!

 

we got it where i work, but i've never used. but yesterday i hit the jackpot. one of the cabinets is full of laquer paint. does laquer have a shelf life or can i use that stuff to paint my car?

 

Isn't it that internet house that lets you download music for free???

 

Thanks guys
The stuff I`m looking at is from Tractor supply store.
They have the low gloss black.
has anybody used that stuff?
Kinda like that blitz black by John Deere
If that stuff dries fast it may not spray worth a **** in the heat and humidity of sunny Florida

 

By the way heres where its going

 

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Today was almost as winter as it gets it was 60 this morning

 

We use Naptha in machine shop to clean metal surfaces.

 

Used to buy 55 gal drums in 60s. I used it to clean greasy parts, my Dad, a house painter, used it to clean oil base paint from his brushes. Probably why my hands shake now, nerve damage. Probably could sue some manufacturer for not telling me not to drink the stuff. I could probably get $1.98, attorney could get a couple million!