Notebook

Notebook, 1993-

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

Chlorinated Hydrocarbons
Trichloroethylene
Trichloroethylene is a solvent for dried oil films and acrylic films. As such, it is sometimes sold by art materials manufacturers as a paint remover or as a cleaner for brushes in which oil or acrylic paint has hardened. It is not a fire hazard, being non-flammable, but it should be considered dangerous to the health of the artist. It has an anesthetic effect, and it is thought to be capable of causing severe liver damage. Artists should avoid breathing the fumes of this material and should avoid getting it on their skin. [p. 42]

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














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