Talk:Mineral spirits

Hi! I just like you to change/exclude the following centense: "In Europe, it is referred to as white spirit."

Unlike what many ill informed mostly Americans believe, Europe is not one country and do not speak "American", well not yet!

We have many different language witch is probably why I never come accross the term "White Spirit" on my journey's except in the US and where tourist flock.

It is btw quite interesting that the sentence was included to begin with. But this is the subject of a compleatly different, and to me a much more interesting discussion! ;)

Peddapedal (talk) 11:37, 31 August 2008 (UTC) Peddapedal 2008-08-31 Kl. 13:08

You've obviously never travelled in the UK or France. It's the normal phrase used in British (and Commonwealth?) English, and has certainly been exported to French bricolages, where it appears as "White Spirit" on the bottles and is pronounced phonetically as "Wheet-y Spir-eet". :-) So that in itself covers a good chunk of the European population... 86.31.47.149 (talk) 18:36, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

While Peddapedal is busy patting himself on the back for not being American, I thought I would point out that throughout his diatribe, the most obvious theme is misspelling. While arguing on the use of "English" as opposed to "American", he has managed to mangle normal English spelling and grammar in a way that should be an embarrassment to himself and anyone whomever attempted to teach him his language. Joe 12 String (talk) 02:03, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Merge

Mineral spirits, mineral turpentine, and white spirit appear to be synonyms. Is there any difference between these terms that I am missing? Also, turpentine substitute redirects to mineral turpentine, which seems inappropriate as it is but one of several substitutes used. Dforest (talk) 17:34, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

I'd tend to agree - Mineral spirits is probably the most universal name for an article, although white spirit has the best content at present. Or do North Americans understand the name "white spirit", as that's probably the WP:COMMONNAME outside North America? 86.31.47.149 (talk) 18:36, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

A merger would be very valuable. Many of us in the U.S. are not aware of different names for substances in European English (like gasoline and petrol). The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) via the ChemIDPlusLite program identifies white spirit as a synonym of Stoddard Solvent having the same CAS RN of 8052-41-3. Batya7 (talk) 16:33, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

For the sake of simple accuracy, a merger is necessary. While searching for the definition of the mysterious "White Spirits", I was referred to the equally mysterious "Stoddard Spirits" and finally found this discussion on a merger with the more common U.S. term "Mineral Spirits". Silly to need to eventually stumble across the truth, isn't it? Joe 12 String (talk) 02:05, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes, merge! They're the same stuff! Most obvious merge ever. --Mwongozi (talk) 22:00, 1 March 2010 (UTC)

Comment: Paint Thinner

If they are merged, it would be good if some mention of "paint thinner" was incorporated in the article near the very beginning, since in the U.S. and Canada mineral spirits are sold in cans/bottles labelled "Paint Thinner". See Paint thinner which may need some work of its own. Modal Jig (talk) 11:07, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Source?

Artists use mineral spirits as an alternative to turpentine, one that is both less flammable and less toxic.

Petroleum distillates are less toxic than distilled tree resin? That's quite an outlandish claim that should be backed up with multiple reliable sources if it is to stand.

64.222.110.145 (talk) 21:25, 10 May 2010 (UTC)