Rockytime Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Has anyone experienced this with mineral spirits? It appears to be made with snot! The mineral spirits appear milky. I'd never seen that before. When 50% BLO is added the last photo shows what the mixture looks like. When pouring it out into a pan I'm careful to not pour the snot out into the pan. At the end the residue is like a thick mucus. I then throw it out along with the jar and get a new jar. I'm thinking I could strain it. Anyone else have this problem? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DME72 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 it has to do with the new GREEN designation. look for the regular one, if it is available in your state. buy the kleen strip in the blue/gold metal can if it is available where you live. i know like about 15 years ago a shop did alot of mail order stuff for woodworking. certain states restricted the sale of certain finishes and thinners.i am not a big fan of what they have done with all this stuff. doug OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 We are not allowed m/s in the county where I live but are allowed to buy paint thinner. Which stinks. Air pollution? Who knows what the state morons think? Oops. No politics. Sorry. Rockytime and GrampaJim 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thanks, I'll be looking for that. Too bad I have a gallon of it! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Just now, Rockytime said: Thanks, I'll be looking for that. Too bad I have a gallon of it! Take it back where you bought it. We all have to start complaining and raising hell. Rockytime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted April 30, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Ray, I meant I have a gallon of the crap stuff! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I'd take it back and tell them it appears your mineral spirits was filled with the Covid-19 OCtoolguy and Badgerboy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrollingforsanity Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Mine is just like that Rocky. I don't like it but that's what we got here. Rockytime and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, octoolguy said: We are not allowed m/s in the county where I live but are allowed to buy paint thinner. Which stinks. Air pollution? Who knows what the state morons think? Oops. No politics. Sorry. Ray, L.A. county is just 15 minutes away. I can buy it here in Ventura Co. or, you can order it from Amazon. BTW, isn’t it the Red team that runs Orange Co.? Edited April 30, 2020 by dgman Rockytime and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 1 hour ago, dgman said: Ray, L.A. county is just 15 minutes away. I can buy it here in Ventura Co. or, you can order it from Amazon. BTW, isn’t it the Red team that runs Orange Co.? Not anymore. Rigged election. Dead voters. DME72, Rockytime and Wilson142 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBob Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) This stuff is useless. I got some by accident once. I could not use it for anything. I wonder what the people who are coming up with rules think happens to all the mineral spirits that are not being sold. Edited May 1, 2020 by BadBob OCtoolguy and Rockytime 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry1939 Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 Have you considered drinking it? Who knows, it might keep you from getting Covid-19. You didn't hear that from me. Someone else posted this. kmmcrafts, OCtoolguy, meflick and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted April 30, 2020 Report Share Posted April 30, 2020 I'd definitely take it back. M/S should never go bad. Maybe weaken but not do that. scrollingforsanity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill WIlson Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 It didn't go bad. That is what the green version of odorless MS looks like. GrampaJim and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted May 1, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 5 hours ago, Bill WIlson said: It didn't go bad. That is what the green version of odorless MS looks like. I used it today. It works just fine. I just left the snot at the bottom, not pouring it out. When I get towards the bottom of the 50/50 I'll just toss it out and make a new batch. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirithorse Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 I accidently bought a gallon of this today by mistake. I wanted Mineral OIL and picked up mineral SPIRITS. I already had it in the bag with the receipt to return before I saw this post. I'm glad I didn't open the bottle! God Bless! Spirithorse OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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