ok I was stupid

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mike r

I was stupid and used lacquer thinner to wipe down my door jambs. fortunately for me I have not sprayed my epoxy yet. What should I do now to keep from having a problem. Waterborne wax and grease remover???
 
Are they painted? If so, go away for a few hours while the solvents get out, then come back and rub them down with a red scotch pad, and use waterborne to re-clean. If they are bare metal, just re-clean them with waterborne, but do a real thorough job. Don't let the waterborne dry before it gets wiped up!
 
the whole thing about thinner is you never know what it is. it may be fine , it may blow up on you. beside the fact it was never a cleaning solvent. wash it and it will be fine. the thinner we buy today is not lacquer thinner. just recycled solvents mostly sold to clean guns. i never put anything on a body i cant mix in my paint.
 
thanks guys. the jams were painted. I used the thinner ( its what i asked for at my paint supplier for cleaning my gun after painting) because after scuffing the jams there was still this stain, greasy stuff on the jams that soap or waterborne wax and grease remover wasn't taking off. It wasn't grease but more like a film of some sort. I still dont really know what was. The thinner cut right thru it. I let it dry and was going to go back over it with the wwg remover and then shoot it. but started finding post on not using the thinner and it concerned me.
Thanks for you input on this and other topics. I will re-scuff and clean with WWGR BTW the thinner was taking the paint off. what kinda paint would that be enamel? lacquer? would that cause a problem with the epoxy.
 
You'd be best off removing all that mess. What you have discovered is the substrate is reversible, and yes, that is bad.
 
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