Quote Originally Posted by Moby Duck View Post
Although the names for petroleum products vary world wide, and they occasionally change specification, Naptha, Mineral Spirits, White Spirits, Coleman Fuel, Shellite, and a host of other proprietary names are generally the same thing, unleaded Petrol/Gasolene around 86 Octane.
Minor nit...

The petroleum derived solvent is spelled napHtha, not naptha.

The misspelling probably derives from the Fels-Naptha laundry soap which has been around for a long time.

I've used naphtha to remove glue residue from a large variety of plastics. To date it's never attacked any of those plastics.

I also used naphtha in my Zippo. I had read about the GIs using gasoline in theirs when naphtha was unavailable. I had to give it a try. I'll never do it again.