What's the difference?

Question:What's the difference between paint thinner and mineral spirits? Can they be used interchangeably?

Answers:
Paint thinner is a solvent for oil based paint and mineral spirits are a thinner for latex paints. They are not interchangeable.

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Mineral spirits is actually a cleaning agent, not a thinning agent. Paint thinner is what it says it is, and there are many types - some for oil / alkyd paints and some for water-based. The can should tell you which product it is meant for. They are not interchangeable.

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