Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil? 588 by sarkana on 05/28/01 at 9:03 AM
Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil?

In Reply to: Re: Turpentine vs. Linseed oil? posted by rhoward on 05/27/01 at 3:16 PM:

: Only Mrs. Gamblin holds that opinion. Seeing that oil is MUCH cheaper than pigment and full-pigmented paints more difficult to make, I can seee why she might make such claims. But that's for economic reasons. The reality is that, even with top-of-the-line paints (which Gamblin most definitely is NOT), serious painters will laiy out paint on pieces of absorbent to paper to remove even more oil.

strong agreement with the above. if your paint is a little thick out of the tube, it's either 1) old, 2) has too many driers in it (see gamblin), 3) or it's very high quality.

i grind a line of paints from just linseed oil, pigment, and any necessary stabilizers (for some colors its absolutely necessary). some colors are very thick and pasty, other colors are flowing in the oil emulsion. handmade paint is highly preferable to manufactured paint because i's usually fresher and there are no driers, additives, extra binders, etc.

you can check out my site (store.yahoo.com/sarkana) or also check out astoria paints (www.handground.com). we both get pigments, advice, and handholding from robert doak. doak also makes his own brand of paints (not available online but call 718-237-1210) but i find them a little extended. doak uses walnut oil as his vehicle which dries a little more slowly.

: More oil makes for more yellowing. Period. Cheap paint sold with lots of BS excuses for using too much oil or cheaper pigments (they don't pollute the solar system or some similar nonsense) is just so many out-and-out lies geared to get the gullible to purchase cheap paint at premium prices. Old Holland makes fine quality paints. So does Robert Doak.




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Only Mrs. Gamblin holds that opinion. Seeing that oil is MUCH cheaper than pigment and full-pigmented paints more difficult to make, I can seee why she might make such claims. But that's for economic reasons. The reality is that, even with top-of-the-line paints (which Gamblin most definitely is NOT), serious painters will laiy out paint on pieces of absorbent to paper to remove even more oil. : strong agreement with the above. if your paint is a little thick out of the tube, it's either 1) old, 2) has too many driers in it (see gamblin), 3) or it's very high quality. : i grind a line of paints from just linseed oil, pigment, and any necessary stabilizers (for some colors its absolutely necessary). some colors are very thick and pasty, other colors are flowing in the oil emulsion. handmade paint is highly preferable to manufactured paint because i's usually fresher and there are no driers, additives, extra binders, etc. : you can check out my site (store.yahoo.com/sarkana) or also check out astoria paints (www.handground.com). we both get pigments, advice, and handholding from robert doak. doak also makes his own brand of paints (not available online but call 718-237-1210) but i find them a little extended. doak uses walnut oil as his vehicle which dries a little more slowly. More oil makes for more yellowing. Period. Cheap paint sold with lots of BS excuses for using too much oil or cheaper pigments (they don't pollute the solar system or some similar nonsense) is just so many out-and-out lies geared to get the gullible to purchase cheap paint at premium prices. Old Holland makes fine quality paints. So does Robert Doak.

 
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