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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Sythetic Resin Paints

Acrylic Resins - Alkyd Resins - Cellulose Acetate - Cellulose Nitrate - Synthetics in Artists' Materials - Vinyl Resins

Prepared Artists' Materials - Polyvinyl Acetate Emulsion [PVA, Vinyl Polymer Tempera] - Acrylic Emulsion Paints [Acrylic Polymer Tempera] - Acrylic Solution Paints - Alkyd Resin Medium

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

Cellulose Nitrate


Celluloid, made of cellulose nitrate and camphor, and produced in 1870, was the first synthetic plastic material on the American market. The cellulose is usually derived from cotton, and camphor is added as a plasticizer. The resin is not soluble in turpentine or mineral spirits and is made liquid by very strong solvents, such as acetone, or esters, such as ethyl acetate. Once it is liquid, it can be thinned with toluene. The material becomes very yellow and brittle with age. If it is employed as an ingredient in picture varnish, its acetone content will dissolve dried oil paint films. Used in early versions of spray lacquers, it offers rapid drying and brilliant gloss which made it especially attractive as a substitute for older paints and varnishes in the mass-production finishes for automobiles or furniture. Both solvents and the resin are highly flammable. [p. 188]

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







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