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Subject: turpenoid and turpenoid natural

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Charlotte
Posts:4
06/08/2008 3:45 PM Alert 

I would appreciate some advise from anyone who has used  Turpenoid or the Turpenoid Natural.  I've been painting with oil for about three years, and have been using orderless mineral spirits for thinning and cleaning.  I'm always reading about the health risks from the fumes with solvents.  I like painting with oil and don't want to change to some other medium.  If the Turpenoid or Turpenoid Natural are safer,  than I would prefer to use them.   When I ask the salespeople in the stores about these products, everyone  tries to be helpful, but they don't use these products and don't really have answers.  

What is the difference between Weber Turpenoid (reg), oderless mineral spirits and the regular turpentine.  Also, how does the Natural Turpenoid compare to the regular Turpenoid.  I know the Natural  has no toxic fumes and its safe for children to use, but can you use it for thinning paint, and cleaning brushes?   Does it work as well as the regular Turpenoid or the oderless mineral spirits, or is it inferior?    Whats the better one to use?       Thanks, Charlotte
DrRuth
Posts:24
06/08/2008 6:42 PM Alert 
I'm not an expert on the subject, but I'll tell you what I know from my own experience. Tupenoid is very similar to "odorless mineral spirits" in that it is a low odor (note - not no odor) paint thinner. Turpenoid works well for both thinning paint and cleaning up brushes. I've also used Winsor and Newton's Sansodor thinner and find that while it has slightly less odor than turpenoid, it increases the drying time of paints thinned with it quite a bit. Turpenoid natural is a plant-derived thinner with a rather pleasant scent compared to alot of paint thinners (IMO) but it didn't work well for me in practice so I don't use it any more. I found Turpenoid natural to be fine at cleaning brushes but it took quite alot to get the job done and the stuff is more expensive than other thinners so I wasn't thrilled. Turpenoid natural also increased the drying time of paints I thinned with it significantly (around a week) so I found it of no value as a painting medium. So I'm back to using Turpenoid original for thinning my paint and cleaning brushes - it's what works best for me and what they used at the art school where I first studied oil painting. Hope that helps. Ruth
Charlotte
Posts:4
06/09/2008 1:24 AM Alert 

DrRuth,

Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to reply to my post.  It was very helpful. 

The other day I went to the store to purchase the reg. tupenoid and the saleswomen talked me into the natural turpenoid instead.  I guess it was because it smelled like orange polish.  When I got home, I had second thoughts and decided to see if I could get some information from this forum.  After reading your reply, I think I'm going to return the natural one and get the regular one instead.   You do feel that the regular turpoid is better then the odorless mineral spirits, the reg. turpentine or thinner.  Right?

Thanks again, Charlotte
DrRuth
Posts:24
06/09/2008 8:19 AM Alert 
I find Turpenoid to be the best for me for a variety of reasons; it's low-odor, works well for cleaning brushes and thinning paint and is less costly than some of the other alternatives. Whether or not Turpenoid ends up being best for you is something only you can decide. Give it a try and see for yourself if it meets all your requirements.

Ruth
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