3-methoxy butanol is a colorless, neutral liquid with a mild odor. It is miscible with water and the commonly used organic solvents. 3-methoxy butanol has good dissolving power for many natural resins, nitrocellulose, benzyl cellulose, polyvinyl butyral, aldehyde, ketone and indene resins, phenol formaldehyde, urea-formaldehyde and melamine formaldehyde resins, carbamic acid ester resin, alkyd and maleic resins, the commonly used plasticizers and most fats and drying oils such as linseed oil, castor oil and wood oil.