mineral turpentine

[woolybanana]

Does anyone know what this stuff is, please, and where to get it? Is it different from the turps one buys in the DIY stores?

[Mr Coeur de Lion]

Same stuff, isn't it?

[Théière]

Mineral turps is what you usually find in Brico's (turps substitute) and is made from petrol. The genuine turpentine is made from the resin of pine trees.

[Gluestick]

Gum Turpentine distilled is called térébenthine: widely available from even Supermarchés !

Mineral Turps (As T states) is otherwise Turps Substitute (Sub): and is distilled from oil and is a by-product. Same family as Kerosene.

White Spirit (Which is similar) is somewhat lighter since it's distillation and fractionating temperature is slightly higher: the two are often confused. Interchangeable if you are cleaning paint brushes, but not for certain tasks such as thinning oil-bound paints.

Distilled Gum Turpentine is used in many natural processes: esential for artists painting in oils and making a number of useful things: I use this for making a furniture cleaner to remove old polish and grime: beloved by antique dealers! Which is where I first learned about it.

Recipe:

Turpentine                  3 parts

Linseed Oil (Boiled)   3 Parts

Vinegar                      2 parts

Combine in a suitable bottle and shake vigorously before use and whilst using.

(this recipe comes from John Fitzmaurice Mills hugely useful small book, Collecting and Looking After Antiques.)

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[woolybanana]

Gluey, that is very useful. In fact it is furniture I want to 'restore' - stinkwood to be exact, so need to be careful how I deal with it.

[Gluestick]

Woolly: that cleaner will not damage the underlying finish: it simply dissolves the accumulation of wax and grime and leaves the surface clean and imparts a nice dull sheen: can then be waxed or oiled.

We used to use it all the time in Mrs Gluey's shop, hence it smelled of secondhand Fish 'N chips and Linseed! [:D]

Actually it doesn't: it mainly smells of Linseed.

We use it in France on such as these, before waxing with traditional beeswax polish.

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[woolybanana]

Very nice Gluey, but that furniture is European, probably Belgian, isn't it? If so, you got it at a knockdown price I suspect as not many folks want it now. Maybe the Tongres antique market?

My project is to start with a small table and work upwards to the dresser. Stinkwood has to be rubbed down with wirewool as I am sure you know, and also rubbed down with the turps to get rid of the oil residues - it has never been wax polished nor should it be

[Gluestick]

All purchased together with the house in la belle, Woolly: the elderly French vendor and his late wife had been collecting for many years and had nice taste: other than in wallpaper!

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In the UK our is all mainly Victorian.

Stinkwood is African I recall: used to make tables and also for floors??

 

[woolybanana]

yes indeed, the best comes from round Knysna and there is very little wood cut these days. They produce some very lovely stuff, wish I had more. I'll post fotos when I can.

 

[Gluestick]

Love to see the pics, Woolly: like my mate Jonz, I just adore woodgrain and texture.

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