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Ah, that explains the euphemism.
Considering the diversity of minerals I figured it could be anything.
I do wonder about the relation of coal to kerosene, as in "coal oil".

So, I'm still wondering what mineral spirits are made from. Snake oil was originally made from snakes, fish oil is made from fish. I'm suspicious about baby oil, especially after reading a story titled "Oil of Dog".

I was talking to a friend yesterday who has some experience with adhesives and solvents and he said that paint thinner is mostly or all Toluene, which should work fine, as suggested. Thanks, BTW. He also said that "MEK" (Methyl ethyl ketone) works too, but that it's more harmful to people....

Re thinning enamel paints: I'll be brushing by hand but I've been out of the hobby for years & some of my paints need thinning. I saw where somebody recommended "white spirits" but I think that's a British name as I don't recall it here in the U.S. What I have are mostly Testor's ename...