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I want to thin down some enamel paint a little; can I get away with using multipurpose thinners or do I need to go and buy some enamel reducer?

It's just ordinary enamel paint, and I don't really want to fork out for enamel reducer I won't use all of...

household enamel..just use mineral turps

Any sort of thinner will be fine.

Cheers Mick.

Mick. wrote:Any sort of thinner will be fine.

Cheers Mick.

Thanks for the replies, I'll give it a go with the supercheap thinners. I've done this before accidentally anyway, just thought I'd check if it's okay or just seemed okay

what sort of enamel is it automotive ? or house enamel ?

dirtyGQ wrote:what sort of enamel is it automotive ? or house enamel ?

Ortomotive.

Hrmm, well, I won't be doing that again in a hurry. It does kinda work, but it also kinda doesn't. Live and learn.

Yep we did it too on sunday.

We found one brand worked well, it ran out and we had to find more - didnt work well at all

Stick to enamel thinners.

chimpboy wrote:Hrmm, well, I won't be doing that again in a hurry. It does kinda work, but it also kinda doesn't. Live and learn.

Did it curdle did it mate? You wouldn't by any chance have used Motospray thinners did you?

If you used paint or thinners from supercheap thats where you went wrong. Enamel thinners and acrylic thinners are pretty much the same. 2 Pac thinners is a lot stronger though.

Thats not what caused the problem. The problem would have been caused from mixing paint brands. This very rarely happens these days though but Motospray would be an exception because that stuff is rubbish.

You can get automotive paint just as cheap if not cheaper from automotive paint stores and the quality is ten times better.

Cheers Mick.

Mick. wrote:

chimpboy wrote:Hrmm, well, I won't be doing that again in a hurry. It does kinda work, but it also kinda doesn't. Live and learn.

Did it curdle did it mate? You wouldn't by any chance have used Motospray thinners did you?

If you used paint or thinners from supercheap thats where you went wrong. Enamel thinners and acrylic thinners are pretty much the same. 2 Pac thinners is a lot stronger though.

Thats not what caused the problem. The problem would have been caused from mixing paint brands. This very rarely happens these days though but Motospray would be an exception because that stuff is rubbish.

You can get automotive paint just as cheap if not cheaper from automotive paint stores and the quality is ten times better.

Cheers Mick.

Actually, it turned out better than I thought. You may be right, too, the thinners was from Supercheap but I actually have been buying all my paint from Paintmobile. I should have used their thinners too. Anyway, it has actually turned out pretty well after all.

gp thinners should be ok in enamel, i use it all the time,

getting technical for a second-
gp thinners/multi purpose - is good for everything, but dry's out quick
enamel thinners - is a slower drying, but should only be used in enamel
2pak thinners - is a slow drying thinners, thats why it get's a better finish,

you should really use enamel thinners in enamel paint, the same as 2pak thinners in 2pak etc,

some cheap gp thinners have different materials in them, so be careful,

if your still unsure tip a little into a jar and mix some gp thinners and see what happens, it can be a costly experience sometimes,

don't ever put enamel thinners in acrylic, it will curdle,

good gp thinners is cheap from automotive paint supplies and is good for everything, even in 2pak, doesn't shine up as good,
but thinners is designed to evapourite anyway,

it's the old saying ''you get what you pay for'',