PaintScratch.com Blog

One of the unsung heros of our site is automotive lacquer thinner (paint thinner). Ordering paint without having some thinner around is not a good decision. Here is why.

1) Thinner is great for cleanup. Spilling paint is no fun and our automotive grade paint dries quickly. The lacquer thinner will remove it quickly, except from fabrics. I recommend you always wear gloves when handling paint as it’s not something you want to pour on your corn flakes!

2) Thinner is great for removing all the paint you just applied. Lets face it, this may be your first time ever repairing the paint on your vehicle and chances are the first time doesn’t look so great and your thinking, if only I could start over. Just place some thinner on a rag and wipe it all off. It won’t harm the original finish at all. Now you can start over again and do the job you wanted. Nothing beats a bit of experience when repairing paint.

3) Thinner is nice to clean up the paint pen nibs. In fact, without it, you may get only a single use out of the nib. We have customers asking for spare nibs all the time and we always tell them to just soak the nib in a little lacquer thinner and they are as good as new.

4) If you wipe down the surface with either wax and grease remover or thinner, the paint will stick much better.

5) If you don’t order thinner from us, make sure you use automotive lacquer thinner and not the stuff they sell at the paint store. Only auto body supply stores sell the proper thinner.

Collin

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