Reducing Thinners Selection Guide
Product | Evaporation Rate | Weight/Gal. | VOM#/Gal. | Blush Resistance | Flow Out | Solvency | Description |
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R-1500 | Fast | 7.21 | 7.21 | Good | Good | Good | Economical, good for wood and metal lacquers, also for building multiple coats. Not the best flow out. Will need retarder in high humidity. |
#275 | Medium | 7.16 | 7.16 | Good | Good | Very Good | Economical, good flow out. Good for wood lacquer final coat. Good choice for all Nikolas metal lacquers. One coat. |
Special #2105 Thinner | Slow | 7.27 | 7.27 | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Very good flow out for metal lacquer. Very good blush resistance. Good solvency allows spraying at higher solids. |
#9413 | Medium | 7.41 | 7.27 | Good | Good | Excllent | Very good cutting power for spraying at higher solids. Urethane grade for use with #9778 Uralac. |
#10 | Very Fast | 6.59 | 0 | Poor | Poor | Excellent | Very fast, good solvency, non-VOC. Very poor blush resistance if used by itself and poor flowout. Works in all Nikolas solvent based products. |