Notebook

Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Drying Oils - Waxes

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.

Waxes - Beeswax
Beeswax is used as a protective coating, as an ingredient in adhesives, as a paint binder, and as a stabilizer in oil colors. It is sold in the form of cakes, either bleached white or in its natural yellowish color. It melts at about 65ÁC. and will dissolve when heated in water, turpentine, mineral spirits, or oil. Beeswax does not oxidize and polymerize as an oil does, but rather, solidifies as it cools to make an unchanged solid mass. It does not darken or change color with age, and it resists the action of atmospheric impurities more than do the resins or oils. On the other hand, it is somewhat more sensitive to temperature changes, becoming soft in heat and rather brittle in cold. Another disadvantage is that it remains more sensitive to abrasion and rubbing than does a dried film of oil or varnish. It is sometimes adulterated with paraffin (petroleum wax), which makes it more brittle. [pp. 35-36]

[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]












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