What is the difference in use between turpentine and white spirit?
Answers:
They both clean brushes. White spirit is best for cleaning off gloss paint etc. (decorating) & turpentine is more often used by artists (thinning oil paint and cleaning brushes. Turps is also smellier
Other answers:
Prefer white spirit
Not sure of differences
May just be the chemical compounds
Prefer white spirit
Not sure of differences
May just be the chemical compounds
White spirit is ok with scotch and ice , Turps is crap. ( an old slapper from Liverpool told me that, Her name is Gypsie on here).
its mineral spirits not white spirit and it just means paint thinner mineral spirits is the thing to use
Turpentine is complex hydrocarbon obtained from the distillation of tree resins - chemical formula = C10H16 (approximate)
White spirit is derived from paraffin and is a mixture of saturated aliphatic and alicyclic C7 to C12 hydrocarbons with a maximum content of 25% of C7 to C12 alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons.
Both are used to dissolve paint and clean your brush.
turpentine is oil based
white spirit is solvent based
Turps evaporates more slowly and smells stronger than white spirit. Polyclens type cleaners are best for brushes.
not much
turps leaves aftertaste in ya gob
. . . if you're not sure, stick to glue-sniffing . . .