Water mixable oil paint
JC
Are they good, durable, easy to use?
Jewel
says...
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>Does anybody have experience with water mixable oil paint?
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>Are they good, durable, easy to use?
yes, yes, yes...
Peter Nelson
JC wrote in message ...
>Does anybody have experience with water mixable oil paint?
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>Are they good, durable, easy to use?
Yes. I prefer the Grumbacher Max line. Their Max2 line
and the Winsor and Newton Artisan line are more student
grade. I have not tried the other brands' versions of these
e.g., "AquaOil", etc.
There are a lot of misconceptions about these paints out there.
In a previous discussion on this n.g., several people expressed
negative opinions about them without having ever actually
used them, themsleves. One person insisted on calling
them "water based" even though they are true oil paints with
a primarily linseed oil base just like any other oil paint. They
look, feel, work, dry and smell just like all other oil paints and
can be mixed with the same thinners and other media as
any other oil paints if you don't mind giving up the water-cleanup
features.
The so called "clean air" thinners that people are using to
replace turpentine are still very dangerous. They are highly
neurotoxic and carcinogenic and are flammable to boot. Even
though they have less volatile components, they still need to
be used in a very well ventilated area and are also readily
absorbed through the skin. Next time you're in a paint store
read the warnings on those products and you'll see why
many painters who hope to have many more years of healthy
painting are switching to water cleanable/thinnable oils.
---peter
Tom Hart
From: Peter Nelson, plne...@mediaone.net
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 09:52:27 -0400
In article <0m_l3.565$st4....@wbnws01.ne.mediaone.net> Peter Nelson,
plne...@mediaone.net writes:
>There are a lot of misconceptions about these paints out there...
>The so called "clean air" thinners that people are using to
>replace turpentine are still very dangerous. They are highly
>neurotoxic and carcinogenic and are flammable to boot.
Peter -
I can't disagree with anything you say here. But I would add that a
healthy respect for the pigments used in some oil paints - including
water soluble ones - is always in order. It is often claimed that the use
of oderless thinners (Turpenoid, mineral spirits) can lead to a false
sense of safety. Fair enough. But I think that many people are drawn to
water soluble oils due to safety concerns. These folks should not forget
that many pigment chemicals (cadmium, eg.) are themselves potentially
neurotoxic and carcinogenic, and should be handled with a certain degree
of care. I don't believe that the water solubility of these paints ought
to diminish that concern. The "false sense of security" reminder is
equally valid in this case, IMHO.
Tom