Mineral Spirits on Plastic Trim?

[Rocket]

Does anyone know here effects of mineral spirits on trim? I`ve been looking at different dyes for trim and I saw one brag about containing no mineral spirits. I saw another dye that suggested thinning their product with mineral spirits for certain applications.

This made me wonder about the effects if there were any

[mrclean81]

If it was used as a thinner, it would be fine. Using it straight on plastic probably wouldn`t be a good though.

[Mr. Gloss]

Well, it`s not intended for sale or use in California, so it has to be a bad thing!

[BobbyG]

Mineral spirits is a very mild solvent and I haven`t damaged anything yet. I use it on all sorts of plastic and vinyl trim in order to clean it especially if there old sealant or wax that needs to be removed....

[Beemerboy]

Mineral spirits is a very mild solvent and I haven`t damaged anything yet. I use it on all sorts of plastic and vinyl trim in order to clean it especially if there old sealant or wax that needs to be removed....

I`ll second this! I used it to loosen up paint over-spray with a brush on a floor-board and many other parts of the car with no issues.

[Rocket]

I went and checked a bottle of due I had and it smells like mineral spirits a little. It doesn`t say what`s in it but I think it must have some mineral spirits. I used it on my old truck and it worked fine. The plastic seemed ok after I used it.

I guess I won`t be overly concerned since its not much. Even if I thin it with mineral spirits it wouldn`t be much. I just wondered if it would eat away over time but it usually evaporates pretty quick from what I remember.

[Old Pirate]

You can use it, just be careful on the materials and the product itself.

[belair]

Yeah it evaporates quickly, just don`t take a good whiff of it.