Paul Sengupta wrote:

White spirit is a synthetic version of turpentine (or at least it's used
interchangeably with turps). It's used for cleaning off wet or recently
dried paint from things. It's a solvent and I think it can be used to
thin oil based paints, but not sure.

Thanks. Turpentine is used here for thinning and cleaning oil paints (as in the
stuff Rembrandt used), but little else. Not sure if I've ever seen a synthetic
version on the market. I think the real stuff comes from pine trees, of which
we have plenty.

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".