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    Hmmm. I'm not so sure that naptha is the same as white spirit. In Dan Erlewine's book on finishing, he discusses cleaning the wood before sealing it. IIRC, he suggests using naptha followed by mineral spirit. It's my understanding that in the UK, mineral spirit is known as 'White Spirit' So, if he's saying use naptha then white spirit, I suspect that Naptha and white spirit are different things. Then again, I've been wrong before /MikeB
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    Thanks, although I just got back from the motor factor. I bought some of their Panel Wipe. When I called them yesterday and asked the guy if their panel wipe was Naptha, he said that he didn't know. I asked him to read the container to see if it said anything about Naptha. They went away for a minute or so, then came back and said "No, there's nothing written on it". I decided to get some anyway, so drove over there and picked one up. In reasonably large print on the front, were the words: "Low boiling point, hydrogen treated naptha" /MikeB
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    Thanks. I'd never heard of panel wipe before. In fact, I've never spayed a damned thing before this! I'm just trying to learn as much as I can before starting. I've found a local automotive factor who does panel wipe. They have it in 1 and 5 Litre containers but they don't know whether or not it's naptha based. I guess that it should be ok anyway because the automotive guys use it for de-greasing and I suspect that they can't tolerate leftover contaminents any more than I can. /MikeB
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    I'm about to embark on my first finish job - a Warmoth telecaster body in Alder. Dan Erlewine (and others) suggest I should clean the body with Naptha before sealing it. As I understand it, lighter fluids contain naptha, I'm a little concerned that they might also contain other compoundsthat could effect the subsequent vinyl sealer and or nitro finish. Can anyone confirm that something like Zippo lighter fluid is ok to use. Alternatively, does anyone know if and where it's possible to get pure Naptha in the UK? TIA, MikeB
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