does paint thinner evaroprate?
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38Chevy454
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It will evaporate, but it is slow. In the can will take much longer than one day.
aptdweller
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Most paint thinners are highly volatile, so yes they will evaporate.
pattenp
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Do you not have a free disposal site to take old hazardous household chemicals instead of having to wait for it evaporate?
ishiboo
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The entire point of paint thinner (including water for latex paints) is it evaporates, leaving the pigment/paint on the surface. So yeah... It's going to disappear. It is directly proportionate to surface area though... So it would take a long time in the open container vs if you painted with it.
maxpower_hd
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It burns too.....just sayin.
FJ 432
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you problem solver you...
rlitman
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What is this dirty paint thinner you speak of?
Paint thinner that's been used to clean oil based paint off of brushes is only dirty for a short time. All of the paint that makes it look dirty eventually settles out to the bottom, and you can pour off the clean thinner from the top within a day or so.
Paint thinner that's been used to clean oil based paint off of brushes is only dirty for a short time. All of the paint that makes it look dirty eventually settles out to the bottom, and you can pour off the clean thinner from the top within a day or so.
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The junk will eventually settle. I never throw away used solvent. In fact I made a jug with a tap off the side just above the bottom. That way you can remove the settled solvent without disturbing anything in the bottom.
I also use the recycled solvent to spray on engines and other greasy stuff before pressure washing. It seems to work even better than using new solvent.
Jazz1
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I recycle my dirty paint thinner and gun wash during the winter as "liquid kindling" Ultimately these products can be used over continuously by filtering.
Fishplate
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Wouldn't that be nice. We used to have a day every year where you could line up and they'd take the junk off of your hands. I think they got scared of what people were hauling in, plus the cost of chemical waste disposal, especially unknowns, can be
Zeke
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He's got 5 gallons of dirty paint thinner that will settle and/r filter. And I can't even buy any in CA. I'm talking about mineral spirits — NLA. We use gasoline.
yes but it only once a year and it was two weeks ago
OccupantRJ
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I Guess no VM & P naptha then?
