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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
Raw Linseed Oil
When the linseed is steam-heated before it is pressed, it yields more oil than it does when cold-pressed, but this oil is darker and inferior to the cold-pressed product in color stability, drying rate, and film-forming quality. Such steam-pressed oil may be left to stand in a tank until it throws off impurities or mucilage, and so becomes somewhat clearer. Yet it remains much darker than cold-pressed oil and is much inferior to it as an artist's material. Marketed as raw linseed oil, it is used in furniture finishing and in cheap house paints. It may be identified by its comparatively sharp odor and taste. [p. 33]

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












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