Will Naptha harm plastic

[peteski]

Where does everybody get Naptha?  Brandnames?

I buy it at the Ace Hardware store in the paint thinners section.

[craigolio1]

I used a 5 gallon pail. It’s a number 2. Worked like a charm. Had a tight fitting lid. No evaporation or deterioration of the container during the 36 hours it contained the Naptha.

Thanks everyone.

[Trnsrus]

FWIW: I had been refilling an old yellow plastic Ronsonol (cigarette) Lighter Fluid container with hardware store naphtha because the flip top spout makes it easy to dispense a few drops at a time. After doing this for years, I discovered that the container, recycle symbol #3, now tints the naphtha yellow and thus has contaminated it! Are Ronsonol containers still #3, PVC plastic?

Barry Cutaia