Thread: Metholated spirits and oil based "varnish" mix. What will happen??

Hey guys,

I thought you might have some ideas on how much I have screwed up my coffee table - my first bloody furniture build.

After some tests on scrap left from the table I went with British Paints oil based varnish (gloss) in an aerosol bottle to finish it. Unfortunately, though it was good over a small area, the plastic nozzle blocked when I was doing the table. I cleaned it out and when it blocked again I grabbed one off the top of another aerosol (can't remember what now) and got the first coat done o.k.

I had a little tin of the same finish that I bought at the same time so I could try them both. I figured the aerosol would be a thinner version of the stuff in the tin so it could be sprayed. So if I thin the stuff in the tin I get the same finish and it will be easier to apply which suits my lack of experience. After going through the whole 'what is the equivalent of white/mineral spirits' in Australia I decided that mineral turpentine was the way to go to dilute it. (Which I have just confirmed was probably right from a thread in the forum.)

So today I got rid of the dust nibs from the first coat, mixed the varnish and did a second coat.

I put it in my parents spare room to dry (great to have somewhere out of the dust where no one goes) and was cleaning up when I realised I had grabbed the diggers metho rather than the diggers mineral turpentine.

The short version is that I thinned with metho instead of turps. I just left it for the night but I wonder what will happen.