identify this thinners

[pleej]

a friend of mine gave me 5l of thinners they use at his work for spraying.
he's a welder so dont know what type of thinners they are, can any one tell me what type it is and what i can use it for , i.e. cleaning/spraying 1k or 2k

thanks

 

[danelectro]

From what I know (which is very little!!!!) I believe it's for more marine applications and paints, sort of heavy marine industry type stuff, that's the only place I've seen it used. I certainly wouldn't use it in a tin of celly!!!!

I'll try and get a data sheet if you want it?


Look here, gives you an idea
http://www.amerondirect.co.uk/sheets/ameron/Amercoat Range.pdf

 

[Buzza]

This might help : http://www.promain.co.uk/product/PPG_Thinner_2106_formerly_known_as_Amercoat_Thinners_65_id2680

 

[pleej]

he said they use it to paint gas tanks lol

it says on one of them cleaning, so will it be ok to use it to clean my guns out ?

 

[Ratty]

Follow Buzza's link and download the product data sheet. Basically it contains
Xylene and Ethylbenzene. I know Xylene is the thinner use for epoxies, don't know about the other.

 

[pleej]

i did but im a nood lol so dont no what im looking for or what stuff is, all just looks like bla bla to me haha

 

[jaykay]

xylene is used a lot in thinners.
if they used it for gas tanks. i would think it could be a enamal paint. but just guessing really.

 

[Ratty]

Blah blah blah blah. Hope this helps.

 

[Hitch]

Xylene is what hammerite thinner is i believe, also used for epoxy paints, probably goes with a twin pack epoxy paint, probably primer.

 

[Welderpaul]

We've a load of Ambercoat two pack and thinners that was bought to go with it. The number on the thinners looks familiar, i'll have a look tomorrow.
It was for painting metalwork in a resevoir pump house; so top notch stuff.

 

[pedrobedro]

You can thin zinc rich epoxy primer with it according to one of their .pdfs so it sounds like a thinner for epoxy.

 

[pleej]

thanks for the info..

think im going to try it on some metal and see what happens haha