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Originally Posted by BooboostamperI though it would say OMS on the bottle and after more reading on here I found out that it is actually the Paint Thinner and that had warning stickers on the outside so I figured it couldn't be the same thing everyone is using....or atleast I hoped it wasn't. ANy input would be great...I can't wait to start to use the pencils:-D |
OMS or Odorless Mineral Spirits is a solvent. Not something I wanted in my house with two littles and twenty curious fingers running loose in the house. I used baby oil initially with good results. I wasn't worried about my daughter poking her fingers in it, so that make it an easy choice to experiment and decide if I wanted to invest in this coloring method.
Once I decided I did like it, I went on a hunt for something that I would feel equally comfortable using. OMS was definitely NOT it and I can't stand the smell of Goo Gone. It may be orange, but it's overwhelmingly so in my opinion. I use Zest-It that I ordered from England. It took 2 weeks to get it from there to Oklahoma, but it was so worth the wait. It has a very faint orange scent to it, but I rarely ever notice it. Even better, it's eco-friendly and the MSDS sheet on it didn't give me a heart attack.
I have compared the MSDS on it and the Eco-House brand Xtra Mild Citrus Thinner and they read almost identical, so I would expect it to work just as fabulously as the Zest-It. And it's available in the US from Dick Blick, so a little easier to order.
I saw someone else commenting about another product from Eco-House, the NeutralThin is truely odorless and hypoallergenic, so that might be another alternative.
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