Liquid paper

[Ian May <>]

How are you going Syd


You may want to try an organic solvent such as "Fingernail polish remover". Contains liquid acetone, which is a quickdrying organic solvent compatible 
with many correction fluids on the market. Another common solvent is isopropyl alcohol that might be worth a try.

Regards


Ian


Paul G Dodd wrote:

> Syd,
>
> the reason that you can't buy Liquid Paper thinner any more is because the 
> various formulations were either carcinogenic (used toluene) or depleted the 
> Ozone Layer (trichloroethane or trichloroethylene). Most companies producing 
> correction fluid have now developed formulations that don't require thinning, 
> or have produced correction tape instead.
>
> I don't rate your chances of getting the original chemicals, but you could try 
> conventional paint thinner or evenwhite spirit. Better though would be to get a 
> new bottle or correction pen or the tapes.
>
> Paul Dodd
> Docklands, Victoria
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 12/01/2011, at 12:18 PM, Syd Curtis <> wrote:
>
>
> > Apologies for a posting not about birds, but if answered, it might
> > appreciably help b-aus subscribers.
> >
> > For decades I've been using some form of "White-out", "Liquid Paper" or
> > whatever for minor corrections to typed pages.  Over time, the material gets
> > thicker and thicker until not really useable.  I assume that some solvent
>
> > evaporates and is lost each time the container is opened.
> >
> > It used to be easily fixed by adding "Thinner for Correction Fluid" ... but
> > such thinner is no longer available, as far as I have been able to
> > ascertain. 
> >
> > Could it be that manufacturers of liquid paper have realised that they can
> > sell a lot more of it if customers have to dispose of partially used bottles
> > because the material is no longer useable?
> >
> > So I wonder whether some b-aus subscriber knows what chemical it was that
>
> > formed the thinner?  One might then buy it separately.
> >
> >   TIA
> >
> >       Syd
> > (H.S. Curtis, Hawthorne 4171)
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