acetone as reudcer

[noortrd]

We search internet and found that acetone as reducer of POLYVINYL ACETATE. Can we use acetone to reduce PVA PHOTO EMUSLION?

[ole jobe]

Probably should not use acetone in emulsion. I would recommend plain water. Stir like crazy, then let it sit long enough for the bubbles to leave. God Bless.

[screenprintguy]

Probably should not use acetone in emulsion. I would recommend plain water. Stir like crazy, then let it sit long enough for the bubbles to leave. God Bless.

What he said!

[Frog]

Emulsion is very similar to white glue, and I would sure as heck not think about acetone as the ideal reducer for that, and white glue doesn't even have the additional photosensitive chemicals that could also be affected.

[3Deep]

Just goes to show you can't believe everything you read on the internet , now I see maybe using it to thin house paint, but I've always used acetone for a cleaner since it dries very fast.

[bimmridder]

HUH?! Not everything on the internet is true and correct?

[screenxpress]

I feel very BAH HUMBUG NOW!!!!!

[Frog]

It may not even be incorrect that is can indeed, as a solvent, reduce PVA. It just seems like a poor choice in this instance.

Reminds me a bit of an old product, a rapid dry greenish blockout from, I think, Southwestern, that had Methylene Chloride as a solvent, and dried so fast that if applied in different amounts to different screens,  could knock tight register jobs off.

[Sbrem]

HUH?! Not everything on the internet is true and correct?

I thought so too until I saw a post from a guy named Abraham Lincoln stating that it wasn't so...

Steve

[whitewater]

I was wondering why someone would want emulsion reduced?

[Frog]

I was wondering why someone would want emulsion reduced?

It may be related to this earlier thread of his
http://www.theshirtboard.com/index.php/topic,16614.0.html

[SoccerMom]

   I would think acetone would be too harsh, breakdown of base chems kinda thing, In acrylics reducer is used but a splash of acetone will make it lay better (less orangepeel) So possibly its not so out of line to think a capful might just get the reduction your looking for. (**Test however, I'm so NOT responsible for mishaps)

[ABuffington]

Thin with water. The rest of the components need to stay in balance.

[tonypep]

Listen to Alan

[SoccerMom]

   One might think that, by the book this way or the highway, they taught me that in school... But temp/humidity can be a game changer as far as what the can says, Alcohol is used as a thinner in waterborne Airbrush paint, and most likely a bit wouldn't change the balance, but offer better flow, especially with older product under certain conditions (Again disclaimer, Test first, I am not a responsible person).