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Notebook, 1993-

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

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.

Binders and Diluents
Cold-pressed Linseed Oil


When, without previously having been heated, linseed (the seed of the flax plant) is crushed in a press, a very pale yellow oil is extracted, which is then allowed to stand in tanks until much of the impure matter in the fresh oil settles to the bottom. Next, the "self-purified" oil is drawn off, filtered to remove more impurities, and is sent to market bright and pure under the name cold-pressed linseed oil. This is the best of the linseed oils in which to grind pigments for paints. [p. 33]

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














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