CMARTIN269 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) Can you use 91% alcohol for thinning E-Tex or D2T or does it need to be denatured? Edited March 21, 2010 by CMARTIN269 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I used Isoproply once, and it was a disaster. The epoxy never set up. Turns out it's a totally different animal than denatured. Denatured is the only alcohol to use as an epoxy thinner/solvent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.C.K. Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Isopropyl is great for giving you bait a prepaint wash , but like Mark said it just doesn't cut it as a solvent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulldraw84 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 I'm not completely knowledgeable on the subject but I think iso. has a little bit of oil in it and that can't be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.C.K. Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 (edited) I'm not completely knowledgeable on the subject but I think iso. has a little bit of oil in it and that can't be good. If is got oil in it sure has not affected my baits I give them a heavy bath in it before I prime and I have zero fisheyes and if it had oil in it you would think that would be the first thing you would see.. correct me if I'm wrong.. (I just pulled the msds sheet on it and it states 91% alcohol 9 % H2o water...) Edited March 21, 2010 by K.C.K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulldraw84 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 K.C.K. Thats why I said not completely knowledgeable on the subject. I thought I seen that it contain minute amounts of oil on the web somewhere for skin care but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobv Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 I have thinned D2T with 91% with no problem. Guess I just got lucky? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnie3035 Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I never understood why people wanted to thin ether one of them?? I mean Etex is already thin enough and 2-ton can be thinned by heating it up with a hair dryer. Hotter you heat it the thinner it gets. I personally think your asking for a weaker clear coat if you cut it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baitmaker2 Posted March 26, 2010 Report Share Posted March 26, 2010 Can you use 91% alcohol for thinning E-Tex or D2T or does it need to be denatured? The 91% has water in it making up the other 8%. Denatured has no water in it. I don't think water and epoxy would go good together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motomania Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I have thinned D2T with 91% with no problem. Guess I just got lucky? - Me too. - I agree heating it thins it, but I don't have a heat gun, and hair dryer on high only thins it for a very short time. Thinning with alcohol seems to make it much easier to work with, keeps it thin as the alcohol takes a while to flash off. I can get much thinner and durable coats mixing D2T with alcohol. No problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 (edited) I have used denatured alcohol a lot in different epoxies including D2T and it worked ok- they call it 'Metho' here (methylated spirits) and it is about 95% ethyl alcohol ('Ethanol') and 5% methyl alcohol content - the methyl alcohol is added to stop people drinking it: Here is a break down : http://adunk.ozehosting.com/metho.html Including "Names for methylated spirits around the world" Pete Edited May 9, 2010 by hazmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazmail Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 I have used denatured alcohol a lot in different epoxies including D2T and it worked ok- they call it 'Metho' here (methylated spirits) and it is about 95% ethyl alcohol ('Ethanol') and 5% methyl alcohol content - the methyl alcohol is added to stop people drinking it: Here is a break down : http://adunk.ozehosting.com/metho.html Including "Names for methylated spirits around the world" Pete Oh yeah-------------Isopropyl alcohol is 87.9% by weight isopropyl alcohol and 12.1% by weight water, I reckon this water content would be what does the damage to epoxy??? Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
