Thinners and Solvents - Water, Turpentine, Petroleum, Aliphatic Hydrocarbons - Petroleum Products: Kerosene, Petroleum Aliphatic Thinners - Boiling Range 90¡ - 160¡ C., Petroleum Aliphatic Thinners - Boiling Range 150¡ - 200¡ C., Gasoline, Aromatic Hydrocarbons -Petroleum and Coal-tar Products: Benzene [Benzol], Toluene (Toluol) and Xylene (Xylol), Naphtha, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons: Carbon Tetrachloride, Trichloroethylene, Alcohol - [Spirits of Wine, Spirits of Cologne]: Grain or Ethyl Alcohol, Denatured Alcohol, Methanol - [Wood Alcohol, Methyl Alcohol], Glycerine, Ketones: Acetone. Methyl Isobutyl Ketone
Varnishes - Spirit varnishes, Cooked-oil varnishes, Natural Resins: Copal, Dammar, Mastic, Shellac, Synthetic Resins: Acrylic (Methacrylate) - Lucite, Elvacite (E. I. Du Pont, Inc.), Plexiglas, Acryloid (Rohm and Haas Co., Du Pont's Elvacite 2044. Elvacite 2045 Alkyd Vinyl (Polyvinyl Acetate, PVA, Polyvinyl Chloride-Acetate)
Balsams - Strasbourg Turpentine and Venice Turpentine, Copaiba Balsam
Driers - Lead Drier, Manganese Drier, Cobalt Linoleate Drier
Retarders - Oil of Cloves, Oil of Spike
Water=thinned Adhesives - Glues (Animal Glue, Casein Glue, Dextrin Glue, Fish Glue, Gelatin Glue), Gums (Cherry Gum, Gum Arabic, Gum Tragacanth), Synthetic Resins (Lucite, Polymers, Plexiglas - Polyvinal Acetate [PVA] - Methacrylate)
Toxicity of Solvents - Inhalation of Solvents, Solvents and Skin Damage, Fire Hazards, Summary - Precautions to be Taken while Using Solvents
Synthetic Resins: Acrylic (Methacrylate) - Lucite, Elvacite (E. I. Du Pont, Inc.), Plexiglas, Acryloid (Rohm and Haas Co., Du Pontês Elvacite 2044. Elvacite 2045
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