[Pj]

What would you mix with acetone just to simply dilute it a bit?

Water?

[Chris Cottrell]

Why would you want to dilute Acetone? surely that will only weaken its strength
what are you using it for Pj?

[Pj]

To put a shine back on a up'n'over garage door

[d s windowcleaning]

acetone works the same as ipa so maybe dilute this in the same way as ipa , 10 ml too every 100 ltrs of pure water .

[michael papworth]

Are you really sure that you want to use acetone?

It is a very strong solvent. Have a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone before you go any further with this one.

Here's a quotation from the article:

The most familiar household uses of acetone are as the active ingredient in nail polish remover and paint thinner. Acetone is also used to make plastic, fibers, drugs, and other chemicals. 

[SherwoodCleaningSe]

I used some on my keyboard to try and get rid of a beer spillage. The stuff melted the keys.  Use with care.

Simon.

[Pj]

Hence my original question.

I used to use a very good chemical cleaner called PrepSol, it's mainly used as a marine craft cleaning product.  We used to use it for preparing cars.  It was strong enough to cut through road film, wax etc, but didn't penetrate paint.  Stronger than meths, white spirit, petrol, but not as fierce as thinners or acetone.

So, acetone is good and I would use it more,  but I would prefer to dilute it so I can work with it a bit more comfortably as you have to move to fast using it neat.

[michael papworth]

There is a natural law that it's as well to be aware of:

If it can go wrong, it will go wrong.

Use unfamiliar strong solvent chemicals with care. Or even better, don't use them.