SWIM hates living in the UK because trying to find the right kind of naphtha is very difficult, in the UK there is no Varnish Makers and Painters Naphtha, no Shellite or any other product that would be a brilliant convenience if it were sold in the UK.

SWIM has been trying to find naphtha and it has been making him annoyed, SWIM lives in the UK and SWIM has bought three different liquids, SWIM doesn't know if they are naphtha or the right kind of naphtha, SWIM will list the liquids he has bought:

1. Home Hardware Barbecue Lighting Fluid, 1 litre.

Apparently it is a 'Petroleum Distillate'. It could be naphtha or propane or something else, SWIM has looked on the Internet for information and SWIM couldn't find out what his BBQ Lighting Fluid is.

2. Bartoline White Spirit

SWIM think this is 'heavy' naphtha which from what SWIM has read is very, very BAD. (It says 'Contains: Naphtha (petroleum) hydrodesulfurised heavy.'

3. Bartoline Lamp Oil, 1 litre

Possibly kerosene but it may be naphtha. It says 'Distillates (petroleum) Hydrotreated Light' on the side of the container.

SWIM really needs to ask, in the UK does butane mean naphtha because he has found something called Ronson lighter fluid.

Please help SWIM, SWIM is very unhappy and angry trying to find usable naphtha in the UK.

Ive used Newport and Ronsonol lighter fluid with great success. They can be a bit expensive, but its worth it. Not sure about any of the above though, sorry.

a quick search came up with these results

https://www.dmt-nexus.me...aspx?g=posts&t=10599

https://www.dmt-nexus.me....aspx?g=posts&t=7814

Your saviour is here! ha

http://www.behlen.co.uk/...VE&Store_Code=behlen

i used that. worked great.

Thanks Astralking, that looks good. Did you do an evap test on it?

Hi Photon! I went through the same problem about a year ago, when i first got into extracting. I searched everywhere! I wouldn't use anything that just says "petroleum distilled light" on the back of the can or bottle, as i have found that it contains kerosene sometimes without saying it on the label. I also tried bartoline and many others. Rosonol works the best in my opinion, although i have not tried using all the other brands of naphtha. I recently got a deal at a stall on walworth rd London, where the guy sold me 10 133ml cans for 8 squideroonies! Bargain Ronsonol is easily available pretty much anywhere in the UK and can be very cheap if you search around a bit. Good luck!

Swim used newport brand that gammagore mentioned and was very pleased with the result. Anyone have an opinion on which is better between newport and ronsonol?

when i did an evap test on newport it left a tied line around the out side of where the puddle was