Thinners for Tipp-ex

Jan 02, 2021 Last reply: 5 years ago 19 Replies
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In years gone by, it used to be 1:1:1 Trichloroethane as the ideal thinner. I know that was outlawed.



Have several bottles of genuine Tipp-Ex (as apart from some water based stuff) The Warning triangle states Highly Flammable - so still solvent based.



Any of the Chemical chappies on here know what I could use as a thinner? ..... I have some of the more common ones - meths, acetone, cellulose thinners, Trichloroethane , ISO-propyl alcohol.



Bar code tells me it is Tipp-Ex Rapid made in Germany. It is Art No. 4002523 09 UPC 0 7033051106 4



Wikipedia says that has now been replaced by Aliphatic Hydrocarbon, and also now uses a foam brush. The containers I have still have the original 'brush' ..... so unsure if the product is with or without Tricho


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J

According to the MSDS at

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it contains: Naphtha (petroleum), hydrotreated light - 30 - 40% Naphtha (petroleum), light alkylate - <10%

2-methoxy-1-methylethyl acetate - <10%

Seems to me you could try a few drops of petrol to thin it, unless anybody here is certain it wouldn't work.

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C

It makes a mess of the monitor

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N

Or white spirit.

One thing you can be sure of is that if they are labelled highly flammable, they won't be trichloroethane!

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C

Way back in the 1960s, one of my schoolmates bought some carbon tet from the local pharmacist (they used to stock such things in those days but I can't remember what his pretext was). It came in a brown, ribbed "poison" bottle with a "flammable" sticker. Those were the days

- a whole pound of unadulterated sodium chlorate from the ironmonger for a few pence. What fun we had!

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J

As apprentices we used to rinse our hands in CTC or TCE and then some years later we had to use Genclene (de-natured TCE). It was recommended to apply Lanolin to the hands after.

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A

I remember pouring carbon tet on a bonfire and admiring the dense white smoke that clung to the ground and flowed like a river. Later found out that was phosgene gas!

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T

Petrol is not Naptha, but lighter fuel is.

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A

WD40?

(not responsible for dizziness, headaches, burning, boris johnson, itchyness, insomnia, lethargy, runny nose, two heads, upset tummy.....)

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B

Acetone almost certainly will work.. Don't breathe it in though! Brian

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N

The only problem with that is that the small percentage of non-volatile mineral oil may leave something like a "grease ring" on the paper.

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C

used for "dry" cleaning, Getting oily stains our of clothing. Sold as "Thawpit".

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A

The tri-nitro kind would work.

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In message snipped-for-privacy@candehope.me.uk>, charles snipped-for-privacy@candehope.me.uk> writes

Thawpit was great stuff, perfect for cleaning Hornby Dublo track :-)

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R

Would probably make it a nasty yellow colour rather than white, though.

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R

Not got any of that ... I have

Cellulose thinners Acetone Meths Lighter Fluid Paraffin Petrol Trichloroethane 1:1:1 ISO-Propyl

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R

error - its Lighter Gas I have not the fluid.

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Nice chat on explosives ..... anybody any further suggestion on Thinner to use.

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