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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Thinners and Solvents - Aromatic 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.

Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Benzene [Benzol]
This solvent is found in some commercial brands of paint removers, brush-cleaning solutions, rubber cement, and shoe polish. It is an aromatic compound that has a strong solvent action, a dangerously low flash point (around 12° F.), and is highly poisonous. Prolonged inhalation of its fumes is believed to cause types of blood cancer, a plastic anemia, and a granular cytosis. Artists should not use any products containing benzene since safer substitutes are now available. Painters should read the labels on containers of paint removers and brush-cleaning solutions to find out if benzene is present. [p. 41]

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













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