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A 2-litre (3.5 imp pt) container of white spirit. White spirit (AU, UK and Ireland) [note 1] or mineral spirits (US, Canada), also known as mineral turpentine (AU/NZ/ZA), turpentine substitute, and petroleum spirits, is a petroleum-derived clear liquid used as a common organic solvent in painting. [1]
Turpentine (which is also called spirit of turpentine, oil of turpentine, terebenthine, terebenthene, terebinthine and, colloquially, turps) [2] is a fluid obtained by the distillation of resin harvested from living trees, mainly pines. Principally used as a specialized solvent, it is also a source of material for organic syntheses.
As mentioned below (unsigned comment), in Australia, mineral turpentine and white spirit are distinctly different products.--Blouis79 22:55, 30 April 2011 (UTC) In the UK we have a big chain of DIY stores called "B&Q". Typically they have numerous 5-litre containers each of White Spirit and Turps Substitute shelved in close proximity.
Isn't the stuff always called either 'white spirit' or 'turps substitute'? Which last, I notice, has its own separate article. Justlettersandnumbers 18:07, 7 August 2011 (UTC) Oppose. Always called white spirit in the UK. Possibly a WP:ENGVAR issue, in which case it should be kept at the title under which it was created.
The Substitute: Failure Is Not An Option (also known as The Substitute 4) is a 2001 action thriller film directed by Robert Radler and starring Treat Williams as Karl Thomasson, a former mercenary who must infiltrate a military school's faculty to stop the actions of a white supremacist cult.
The Substitute 2: School's Out is a 1998 [1] straight-to-DVD action-crime-thriller film directed by Steven Pearl and starring Treat Williams [2] as Carl Thomasson (later spelled Karl in the sequels), a mercenary who masquerades as a teacher in order to enter a tough urban school and wreak his revenge upon his brother's killer.
The movie was originally released in the United States on Laserdisc in 1996 [3] and on DVD on June 18, 1997, by Artisan Entertainment. [4] It was re-released on DVD and bundled with The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All in 2000. [5] As of 2020, the film was released on Blu-ray Disc in a few European countries, including Germany, in 2015 by NSM ...
The story takes place in a small village in Denmark where an alien comes to Earth to learn about human emotions, but instead is thwarted by a young boy and his friends, who find out that she is part of an intergalactic expedition to collect specimens across the universe.