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Notebook, 1993-

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

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.

Thinners and Solvents
Petroleum
A wide range of thinners and solvents is manufactured from petroleum. The crude petroleum is a mixture of materials that can be separated from each other by distillation, since they boil at different temperatures. These petroleum products are composed of several different types of hydrocarbons (compounds of hydrogen and carbon): paraffins, naphthenes, olefins, and aromatics. The petroleum products containing high percentages of aromatics are generally more active solvents. Those containing chiefly naphthenes and paraffins are called aliphatic hydrocarbons and are used where strong solvent action is not required. [p. 40]

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





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