Living in Central America has its challenges. One being the lack of availability on many restoration supplies I use. I order lots from the US but much can't be shipped with prime or at all. Things I took for granted in the US are hard to get here. Isopropyl alcohol is only bought at one place, with ID and you must be a legal resident. Most paint only comes in gloss or flat. Here you make your own satin.
First world problems in a Third world country.
I cant find naptha here either. I'm in the middle of a playfield restore and it's really good for checking color matches to get that "after clear coat look". Will mineral spirits work instead?
What's the best Naptha substitute?

That's will also be tough to find. Zippo fluid works also but I've yet to find any. Denatured alcohol, ISO 99, aguarras(turpentine), thinner(what ever that is), mineral spirits and acetone are the only petroleum based chemicals I've found here.

Can I make Naptha? What's in in? A mixture of things I can get or is it some special distilling process?

Charcoal lighter fluid? I can get that........ My googlefu says no.

Charcoal lighter fluid is a volatile fluid used to accelerate the ignition of charcoal in a barbecue grill. It can either be petroleum based (e.g., mineral spirits) or alcohol based (usually methanol or ethanol).

Looks easy enough
Ill keep looking for an alternative but I'll be selling Coleman oil during the apocalypse.

I'll look into this and see what's in them.

I thought denatured alcohol was to strong. Maybe I'm wrong though. I'll have to try it.

I thought mineral spirits has a little light oil in it. I was concerned with how that would react when I went to clear.

Isopropyl (isopropanol) does not work. Just tried it.
Denatured alcohol (ethyl) seems to work well if used briefly and sparingly(20 sec). If soaked or rubbed to long it seems to soften the clears/paints.

Looks to be basically the same as Naptha. It's a white spirit.

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That would be helpful.

Ok, I'll try it. I was not sure about turpentine.

I thought you could use Naptha for a final wipe. Not 100% sure though. A final wipe with isopropyl is probably best. I think it dries the cleanest. Denatured is ethyl alcohol with additives to make it toxic. Mostly to avoid a sin tax and lower the price.

I think that's just mineral spirits. I think it's safe for most applications. I'm not sure how it works when clear coating. It feels oily to me and I've never got a straight answer on how it reacts with clear. You just said "playfield art" so I'm not sure if your cleaning artwork or laying down new paint and clearing.