Scet wrote:

We are talking aircraft here George, if we want paint thinner for our
aircraft why are we going into a hardware store? In the very least I thought
we would be going into an automotive paint supplier, and if you asked for
paint thinner there you would not be given mineral spirits.

If you go to an auto paint store and ask for paint thinner, you will get some
very odd looks here. They will ask you what you mean, since you could be asking
for what is usually called "reducer" or you could be asking for what is usually
called "hardener". None of the ones I've shopped in sell "paint thinner", but
I do happen to have a can of "acrylic laquer reducer" downstairs.

The poster who first mentioned paint thinner was referring to using it as a
cleaning agent, and nobody with the sense God gave a goose would go to an auto
paint supply shop for that.

As far a "white spirit" is concerned, I ran into the term in a book on wood
finishing years ago and asked a gent from the Britain Isles what it was. He told
me that he thought "white spirit" is called kerosene over here. Since that does
not appear to be the case, can you tell me what it would be called over here?

George Patterson
Some people think they hear a call to the priesthood when what they really
hear is a tiny voice whispering "It's indoor work with no heavy lifting".