Does this translate to mineral spirits in American language?
ROY!
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White spirits?
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I believe so. What we call mineral spirits are completely clear and void of any color.
Charley
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Yes: euro "white spirits" =3D 'murican "mineral spirits" =3D Stoddard = solvent.
Of course, there are a lot of colorless paint thinners besides mineral = spirits: naphtha, acetone, toluene, xylene, mineral turps. =20
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as an 'murican "white spirits" would be confusing- might mean paint thinner (mineral spirits) but might mean white gas (petrol) or even alcohol.
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Sun, Dec 23, 2007, 2:40pm (EST+5) snipped-for-privacy@valid.com (ROY!) doth query: Does this translate to mineral spirits in American language?
Hah, don't believe I've heard the term 'white spirits' since I was a kid. Probably like so many things, would depend on who was saying it what it means. As a kid i've heard moonshine referred to on occasion as 's**te spirits' - but that was by old time moonshiners, not always retired from it.
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