It is used to make metal cleaners, wood preservatives, preservatives for photographic film and pharmaceuticals, antifreeze agents, hydraulic oil solvents, extractants, and fiber finishing agents. It is widely used as a solvent for electrostatic spray paints, celluloid, nitrocellulose, fats, greases, waxes, and resins. Diacetone alcohol is a high-boiling organic solvent with low viscosity and minimal temperature dependence. It is used as a solvent and paint stripper for cellulose ester paints, printing inks, and synthetic resin coatings. Diacetone alcohol is an intermediate in the production of mesityl oxide, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl isobutyl carbinol, hexanediol, phorone, and isophorone from acetone. It is used as a high-boiling-point solvent in cosmetics such as nail polish. It is often mixed with low- and medium-boiling-point solvents to achieve a suitable evaporation rate and viscosity.