What’s the difference between Mineral Spirits and paint thinner?
I was standing at the counter this afternoon, talking to our paint guru, John, about paintbrushes and a customer asked, “What’s the difference between Mineral Spirits and paint thinner?” According to John, there is no difference….at least when it comes to paintbrush clean up.
When you get down to the nitty gritty, there may be some minute differences though. Some suggest either Mineral Spirits or paint thinner are fine for clean-up, but not for paint thinning.
Speaking of painting, we’ll talk about paintbrushes and their cost on Thursday.
[...] a latex paint, clean your brush with soap and water and let it air dry. For oil based paint, use Mineral Spirits (a.k.a. paint thinner) for [...]
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