L lurker Le dullard de la commune Joined 2 Mar 2007 Messages 5,571 Reaction score 188 Location Leicestershire 23 Apr 2020 #1 I have just gone to use an open bottle of liberon sanding sealer and found it has got a bit thick. What can I use to dilute it ?
I have just gone to use an open bottle of liberon sanding sealer and found it has got a bit thick. What can I use to dilute it ?
marcros Established Member Joined 11 Feb 2011 Messages 11,302 Reaction score 746 Location Leeds 23 Apr 2020 #2 Which one is it? Spirit based?
L lurker Le dullard de la commune Joined 2 Mar 2007 Messages 5,571 Reaction score 188 Location Leicestershire 23 Apr 2020 #3 Yes spirit based. But I don’t recognise the smell
marcros Established Member Joined 11 Feb 2011 Messages 11,302 Reaction score 746 Location Leeds 23 Apr 2020 #4 it should be meths or IPA, https://www.liberon.co.uk/product/spiri ... ng-sealer/ says brush cleaning with meths. as for the smell, I am not sure what else goes into the sealer, but perhaps it is masking it.
it should be meths or IPA, https://www.liberon.co.uk/product/spiri ... ng-sealer/ says brush cleaning with meths. as for the smell, I am not sure what else goes into the sealer, but perhaps it is masking it.
L lurker Le dullard de la commune Joined 2 Mar 2007 Messages 5,571 Reaction score 188 Location Leicestershire 23 Apr 2020 #5 Thanks, I will decant a bit and try meths.
Phil Pascoe Established Member Joined 29 Jan 2012 Messages 28,122 Reaction score 7,728 Location Shaft City, Mid Cornish Desert 23 Apr 2020 #6 They're usually cellulose, so cellulose thinners. Unless it's shellac, and that smells different.
Doug B Shy Tot Joined 6 Aug 2008 Messages 6,037 Reaction score 13,145 Location @dougsworkshop 23 Apr 2020 #7 You get water based, spirit & cellulose you can thin them all with the appropriate thinner but as Marcros says how it says to clean the brush is a pretty big clue.
You get water based, spirit & cellulose you can thin them all with the appropriate thinner but as Marcros says how it says to clean the brush is a pretty big clue.
L lurker Le dullard de la commune Joined 2 Mar 2007 Messages 5,571 Reaction score 188 Location Leicestershire 23 Apr 2020 #8 Well, I used meths and it worked fine. Thanks for the advice