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So I'm pretty set on painting in a non toxic way (bad allergies to terps, etc) and have been using MGraham's Alkyd Walnut oil and it works out fine.
Really the only time I'm in need of a medium is when I start a painting and I want to paint very thin ...
Started by css on
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He says that he prefers the feel of the walnut, and the spike lavender oil has no smell, I hear ....
Perhaps he'll chime in.
I found this.
I find the smell of spike oil to be heady, but not like turp where one feels poisoned a bit.
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Just wondering if anyone has a quick and/or effective way to clean brushes after painting with oils. I have used baby oil and turp...Some others I know use shampoo...Thanks for any suggestions....Terry .
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I wipe my brushes with paper towels, wash ....
After rinsing your brush in turps or OMS, the studio soap works great.../dp/B001TNR7VM I've used walnut oil to clean everything! It's non toxic and smells great.
Linseed Oil Studio Soap.
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I paint in oils and from gathering ideas from WC I thought I would share how I store my brushes on a daily basis using dollar store hair conditioner (Kiwi flavor) and a cheap plastic roller tray. I don't use any turps or odorless anything. I have decided...
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I do a similar thing but use linseed ....
You can use your favorite oil instead of the hair conditioner, someone on WC does this...I don't use oil because of oily messes and the container was bought at a home improvement big box store along.
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Snake oil?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/waste-vegetable-oil-WVO-used-cooking-oil-additive-/1905...
could it be majic ?
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Pump changed at 146,000
Peugeot 206 S HDi - B100
Free waste cooking oil collection in Nottingham x 2 stage eductors,
MKI squirrel,
2x pumps,
quad condenser and a SHHE So what is the stuff? Turps - Whole Batch Demeth - Hardwood drywash -....
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I have read the Sam Maloof recipe, tung oil, boiled linseed and varnish, however my question is...it says to use raw tung oil and I have read that raw tung oil takes a loooong time to dry. What I am guessing is that the varnish and the driers in the boiled...
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I read the can and they say that Danish....
I have always used Danish oil on most of my picture frames, boxes and Toolbox I have built.
I used.
To the Hard Burnishing Oil - it's basically a blend of tung oil, vege turps and driers.
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I was recently in hospital for a while, and I found the next bed occupied by a turner. We started chatting, eventually getting to polishes, and he said that for years he had only used rapeseed oil and beeswax. He melted about one cubic inch of wax to ...
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I read a few threads in the archives, but thought someone here might have experience with this.
I have a neighbor who asked me to repaint an older, very dark, very amateurish floral painting with a lot of impasto. It is overall pretty flat, mostly reds...
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Where I peeled it yesterday and rubbed....
Because it IS oil paint, and it's a big, hardy canvas; but I don't know why....
Your time surely that old horrible canvas.
Sounds like time for a new canvas.
I have never seen oil separate like that.
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HI!
I´m wondering what the dangers are with those terrible fumes and smelly things you are confronted with while painting in oils. For example turpentine, painting mediums and the paints themselves smell very strongly, and I´m not sure of how long I can...
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I do not use any and the paints themselves smell very... .
Mediums are for the most part optional.
No strong odors here.
Paints and use walnut oil with them for medium and cleanup.
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I have several paintings that are dry to the touch (since early march) and I want to oil them out. I watched the video on the W&N website for the procedure. I did the exact same thing, but still paint is coming off on the cloth. I don't have a clue what...
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For this, normally I just paint the medium I am using (usually Artists Turps & Stand Linseed Oil) on gently? Did you thin with water?
Is *all* of the paint coming off?
What are you using to oil the paintings be that the phthalocyanine....
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De-oiling a stock? Assuming that I possessed a timber stock that I wanted to paint, is it possible to remove as much of the existing oiled finish as possible, so that the paint sticks?
How best to achieve this? http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/
"Improvise...
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Hot towels best to achieve this? Plenty of White Spirit/Turps, cloths , wire wool and various grades sandpaper or wet and dry as required yes ....
turps to get any oil and grease out.
As said.
The rough work then 2000 grit to finish.
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