New Kleen Strip Lacquer Thinner ????

[Dan McEntee]

   I was at a local Home Depot last week and walking through the paint department, I noticed in their Kleen Strip display that had the usual selection, but there was a new one labeled "Green Lacquer Thinner." It was a buck more a gallon and just a quick look at the back of the can said it  was a "medium lacquer thinner" which I take to mean speed in drying time. I didn't have time to really compare with the regular stuff but if it's a slower acting thinner that means it might help in higher humidity levels, as long as the other properties of it match the regular stuff? I really don't have any need for it right now, but thought I would check it out and see if anyone else has seen it and tried it? They only had one gallon of it but if they would have had it in quarts I might have picked up one just to play with.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[Steve Berry]

I can almost guarantee that Sparky has tried it, and in his words, "if it's 'green' it's crap!" It may be good for cleaning a few things, but don't use in your finish.

Steve


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[Dave Harmon]

As an aside...I was in WalMart last week and checked on the Kleen-Strip lacquer thinner...blue can...and the price is down to $19 from $24.
So I bought another gallon.

[RC Storick]

I can almost guarantee that Sparky has tried it, and in his words, "if it's 'green' it's crap!" It may be good for cleaning a few things, but don't use in your finish.

Steve


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Kleen-strip is good for cleaning tools but not for dope. Don't cheap out use the correct thinner.

[Brett Buck]

Somewhat apropos of this thread, I found that recently, there is a "new" VOC-compliant version of Kleen-Strip lacquer thinner with a red banner at the top of the label touting that it is "specially formulated to to complyu with VOC requirements". One sniff told me it was more-or-less straight acetone, a trip to their website yields:

https://www.barringredients.com/brands/klean-strip?id=gml170sc

Acetone
Ethanol, 2-Butoxyethanol
Water
 

Regular (not CARB) lacquer thinner:

Methanol
Hydrotreated light distillate
Acetone
Acetic acid, ethyl ester
Toluene
Ethanol, 2-Butoxyethanol


    So, there you go. Using the CARB version which is essentially acetone and water, for dope,  sounds like a *very bad idea*, it will be both extremely fast and has water right in it to enhance blushing.

   I will check when I get to Oregon and see if they have the CARB version or the good version, my guess, since they are the natural habitat of the limousine liberal, it will be the crap kind. Although they had both mineral spirits AND denatured alcohol, both of which are apparently banned here, too.

     Brett