So, what's naphtha?

yup. 4 years ago :)

the Samantha was longer.. more like 8 LOL

High five man. 6 for me, it'll be 7 on 24 May

it'll be three for me on 15th September, took me 25 years of a packet a day, giving up the best thing I've done

Pack a day until 1976, went cold turkey and haven't touched one since.

Still love the smell of a good cigar or pipe though but not tempted

A 50g pouch woukd last me 6 days and I've been off 'em for 11 years ago now, with the aid of the patches...

@Dave; absolutely love the smell of a good pipe tobacco, eh; there was a proper tobacconist shop in the main street of Jersey that used to mix his own blends and I would often go in just to smell the tobacco - how can anything that smells that good be so bad for you?! :D

Lieutenant Colonel Bill Kilgore loved the smell of napalm in the morning, but napalm certainly isn't good for you!

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Originally Posted by mjg

Just about everything I read or watched from the USA mentions using naphtha to clean down the guitar before painting, spraying, etc.

I haven't been able to find it in Australia in Bunnings. The Bunnings website suggests that maybe I meant to search for 'Samantha'. :roll eyes:

So anyway, is naphtha called something else here? Or is there something else I could use to wipe things down to remove any fingerprints, grease, etc, before spraying colour?

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I highly recommend using Gum Terpentine. A naturally derived product from trees.
The other products mentioned are all full of nasties....

I used to use Naptha when prepping for Aircraft Spray painting with Polyurethanes that are now stored at toxic waste facilities, and several of my compatriots died from Leukaemia.....

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Originally Posted by dingobass

I highly recommend using Gum Terpentine. A naturally derived product from trees.
The other products mentioned are all full of nasties....

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when I first started I was using mineral turps, then switched to the gum version essentially on the recommendation of DB, and while it is still whiffs, it doesn't seem anywhere near as harsh and horrible as regular turps.

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Originally Posted by corsair

A 50g pouch woukd last me 6 days and I've been off 'em for 11 years ago now, with the aid of the patches...

@Dave; absolutely love the smell of a good pipe tobacco, eh; there was a proper tobacconist shop in the main street of Jersey that used to mix his own blends and I would often go in just to smell the tobacco - how can anything that smells that good be so bad for you?! :D

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The smell of port royal pouch tobacco still stays with me. Haven't smoked in 17 years but that aroma still reminds me of sneaking away for a furtive rollie with the mates out back of the school grounds. Dumbest "Cool" thing I ever did, 1 month to take it up as habit and ten years to give it up.