Formula for preparing NC Thinner and Auto Thinner

A. Hello Mohammed. You're welcome to ask the question your way, but my experience is that there is little chance that you'll get a response to your question the way it stands. If you can describe your best formula and in what ways it isn't yet satisfactory, there is an excellent chance that someone will give you some hints about what you're doing wrong. Good luck!

Ted Mooney, P.E. RET finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

A. Dear Cousin Mohammed,
I personally know nothing about NC thinner formulation so I can't answer you. But as the editor of the site I predicted that no readers would produce the info you requested, and I told you why, and I suggested how to rewrite your question in order to draw interest and some responses.

It is extremely unlikely that anyone would spend years developing such products and then simply post the formula on the internet so that everyone in the world can take their business, while their own children go hungry. People don't do that; instead they patent a product or retain its formulation as a trade secret. Sorry!

If you want a current formula you need to license it; you can't expect it for free. Perhaps the best approach in your situation would be to search through expired patents and see if you find a suitable one there. But again, as I noted, if you tell us a formula you tried and what problems it gave you, people will generally suggest improvements.

Good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E. RET finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

A. You will find that there are a great number of paint formulations, each will have a thinner that is appropriate for that specific paint. Read the can for the recommended thinner. If they only recommend a thinner by product name, they want to sell their material and not have people use generic mixtures that they cannot control.

A. Dear Hoang,

You say you've tried many formulas without success, but you don't describe them and tell us in what way they are deficient. Besides the fact that people consider their formulations trade secrets, people feel that that if they took the time to offer a formula here, your reply would be that you already tried it and it didn't work. So tell us what your formula is and what weaknesses it offered, please, and someone will probably help. Best of luck!

Ted Mooney, P.E. RET finishing.com Brick, New Jersey

A. Thinner formulation
25% butyl acetate
5-10% Acetone
1-10 ethyl acetate
1-10% n- Butanol
1-10% anhydrous isopropanol
1-10% xylene
1-10% propylene glycol
10-20% aliphatic petroleum distillate such as Stoddard solvent or other high purity mineral spirits.

Unfortunately we don't have specific formula for auto /nc thinner too. What you have to do is use the above guide formula change the proportion as per your demand.

Slow evaporating, medium evaporating, high evaporating.
Add more xylene if you need a strong one and aliphatic one for less strong thinner.

Enjoy it.

A. To make thinner is very easy

1- Ethyl Acetate 10 Lts
2- Butyl Acetate 10 lts
3- Alcohol 96° 90 Lts
4-Toluene 90 lts

total 200 Lts of good Thinner

If you want a Thinner only to degrease, don't use Acetate.

Mansur

A. NC Lacquer is very simple to make.
Obtain Toluene (Toluol)and Xylene (Xylol) from any major Engen, BP, etc., Depo. Usually they have a ready formulation of something called Lacquer Thinners.

To make 1 Litre: 100g NC Chips
900 ml lacquer thinners or 50/50 toluene and Xylene. Leave the chips overnight.
Following day, stir slowly to produce your NC lacquer.
This NC lacquer is quite fine for most jobs. It is quite hard wearing and will not flake under most conditions. It won't have much shine when dry. You could always add shine ingredients, but I do not see this necessary.
You can add Red oxide, 1 part to three parts of your completed NC lacquer or play around with the proportions to make a good primer for wrought iron. I have tried these formulations and they work very well. This lacquer is also good to make waterproof fireworks fuses. 1part Saltpeter (Potassium Nitrate) and three parts fine charcoal mixed into one part of your NC Lacquer will make a "fuse paste". Slip a cotton twine through this slurry and let dry. There you are!. To make a quality fuse for resale purposes, use a fuse spinning wheel which will twist four or five strands of cotton twine onto a reel. Regards

A. 50%

Hi, cousin Vijay.

I expressed my opinion that wording the question this way would be unproductive, but you elected to simply copy it word for word and post it again anyway?

Oh well. I suppose your next response now will be "It is so regrettable to state that ..."   :-)

Heaven helps those who help themselves :-)

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E. RET finishing.com Brick, New Jersey