Red Oak & Western
Active Member
Most assuredly there are more, including 2-Butoxyethanol,a typical glycol ether alcohol solvent used in some acrylic paints. The opinion on rubbing alcohol, also know as isopropyl alcohol, propanol, and isopropanol, is mixed. Some use it successfully, others not so much. I have had it work with some brands of acrylic paint, but I've had it cause other brands to coagulate. Now, I only use it (iso) as a carrier for India ink for weathering buildings and scenery. Denatured alcohol is a chemically poisoned ethanol (to keep you from avoiding taxes and drinking it). It is sometimes blended with methanol (wood alcohol), which is also toxic. It (denatured) works with all the acrylics I have tried it with. I use the butoxy formula from MRH for thinning; denatured for cleaning. But mostly, I still use Scalecoat. The fact that they are about 5 miles away has no bearing on my preference.
