[modeleng] Re: Humbrol and Dremels
- From: "Tim Rickard" <the_viffer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 08:38:17 +0000
OOooh I've come over all chemical
I usually use white spirits. Best to use in my experience the slightly more
expensive brands since the cheapies don't evaporate totally but leave a
small residue. I think the proper Humbrol thinners is a mixture of aliphatic
hydrocarbons and some aromatic (aromatic here has a special technical
meaning and does not imply a nice smell) ones like toluene and xylene.
The old fashioned mothballs contained naphthalene (later ones contained a
polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbon). The think that sounds like it but is
not it is naphtha which is basically a petroleum distillate part way in
boiling point between petrol and diesel but it is a name that covers a
mulitude of products.
As for dremel look alikes ARC Eurotrade www.arceurotrade.co.uk offer one
for £15. I haven't bought one yet but will probably do so soon.
>From: "Len Smith" <parnobal2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
In my travelling kit I always kept a can of lighter fluid, which is a good
thinners substitute for small jobs. (Having a senior moment here...can't
remember exactly what the chemical is, but it sounds similar to the one in
mothballs).
>White spirits or turps are both OK for Humbrol, unlike some of the other,
>newer makes around now, which seem to need special thinners.
>Len Smith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: alanjstepney
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 10:25 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Humbrol
>
> Humbrol make a useful range of enamels, but the price of the thinners is
> exhorbitant.
> I used to now what it was, and found I could buy it in bulk for a
>fraction
> of the price that Humbrol charges.
>
> However, I have forgotten what it is.
> Can anyone help?
>
>
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