MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Thinners and Solvents - Aliphatic Hydrocarbons
Characteristics - Painting Methods & Techniques - Materials and Equipment - Work Space & Storage - Manufacture of Pigments - Protection of the Picture
From: Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.
Within the range of the aliphatic hydrocarbons there is a variety of materials, beginning with the very rapidly evaporating gasolines, which are distilled at comparatively low boiling ranges of temperature, down to the kerosenes, which evaporate very slowly and are distilled at high-temperature boiling ranges. Between these two extremes there is a group of products which are designated in a rather general way as petroleum solvents, mineral spirits, ligroines, naphthas, or benzines. A material in this group can be more precisely identified by an indication of its boiling range. When necessary, this information, as well as specifications concerning the product's composition (percentages of naphthenes, olefins, paraffins, and aromatics), can usually be obtained from the distributor or manufacturer. [p. 40]
Petroleum Aliphatic Thinners - Boiling Range 90° - 160° C.
Petroleum Aliphatic Thinners - Boiling Range 150° - 200° C.
[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]
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