How Much Slick 50 Do I Add

With the sharp rise in Coatings (ie Optimum Opti-Coat, 22ple, etc.) that require a properly prepped surface we have been receiving more questions about how y'all dilute isopropyl booze (aka IPA) correctly. One of the about popular bottles you tin can selection up contains a ratio of seventy/30 (Booze to Distilled H2o), which can brand the math a chip challenging if you want to dilute it. While it is generally okay to use it at the seventy/30 ratio, many detailers prefer to dilute it downwards to a 50/50 (Alcohol to Distilled Water) ratio for optimal results. If you don't desire the deadening details skip to the pictures and nautical chart at the end of the article. For those who desire to know the verbal math behind the dilution nosotros did our best to break it down very simply so please keep reading.

Using the post-obit formula, .7 represents the 70% isopropyl alcohol you lot have and .5 represents the 50% we desire to end up with. Therefore our formula to determine the appropriate percentage of alcohol is:

.7x = .5 = .7143 or 71.43%

In determination x = 71.43 or 71.43%. So no matter what size canteen yous have fill 71.43% of information technology with the 70/thirty mix of isopropyl booze and the residuum with water. If you lot want to determine the percentage of water just have the deviation between the 71.43% and a total canteen which is represented by 1.

i – .7143 = .2857 or 28.57%

Each bottle should and then contain 28.57% distilled water no matter what size the bottle is. Beneath are the DI Accessories Isopropyl Alcohol and two bottle sizes of our DI Accessories Trigger Spray Bottles (22oz, and 32oz). Each bottle is marked with a black line to where this 28.57% of each bottle is located.

You are now going to desire to fill each canteen to this line with h2o. We used some blue food coloring to help highlight the water for picture purposes.

After filling the bottle with 28.57% distilled h2o make full the rest of the bottle with a seventy/thirty isopropyl alcohol.

You now have a canteen of fifty/50 isopropyl alcohol mix to help remove quondam protection and ensure yous have a clean surface! You lot can besides take a look at the tabular array below for complete dilution data on multiple size bottles!

Diluting Isopropyl Booze (seventy/30 to 50/50)
Bottle Size	% Of Water (Distilled)	Ounces Of Water (Distilled)	% Of Isopropyl Alcohol (lxx/30)	Ounces Of Isopropyl Booze (lxx/thirty)
8 Ounces	28.57%	2.3 Ounces	71.43%	5.7 Ounces
12 Ounces	28.57%	three.four Ounces	71.43%	viii.6 Ounces
16 Ounces	28.57%	4.vi Ounces	71.43%	xi.4 Ounces
22 Ounces	28.57%	six.3 Ounces	71.43%	fifteen.vii Ounces
32 Ounces	28.57%	9.1 Ounces	71.43%	22.9 Ounces
64 Ounces	28.57%	18.three Ounces	71.43%	45.seven Ounces
128 Ounces	28.57%	36.half-dozen Ounces	71.43%	91.iv Ounces