Yeah, right. I'm well aware of the turpentine stink problem - for others' sake not mine as its smell doesn't worry me, nor do most coaltar chemicals (as a kid a

Yeah, right. I'm well aware of the turpentine stink problem - for others' sake not mine as its smell doesn't worry me, nor do most coaltar chemicals (as a kid at the end of the steam era I used to open train windows going though tunnels to smell the smoke to my mother's horror/disgust, we also had coal fires at home). I've also been in much trouble for cooking smelly brews in the microwave (destroying old data CD/DVDs in the microwave will stink the kitchen out if one's not careful). BTW, I only use mineral turpentine and not the low odor or wood-based turpentines. It seems the odorless one has some volatiles missing that make it less effective as a solvent (it acts more like kerosene in that it has less softening effect on plastics than the mineral type). I see no need to use wood-based turpentine for two reasons (a) it's considerably more expensive (where I am anyway), and (b), as my chemistry training has taught me, it contains variable quantities of terpenes many of which are toxic - even carcinogenic. (I know diehards will disagree but I've not found an instance where it has a distinct advantage over the mineral type.)