317 by toni acock on 10/03/02 at 6:51 PM
Re: spike oil

In Reply to: spike oil posted by inje on 12/25/01 at 12:46 AM:

:Yes, I have used spike oil and it works pretty well and smells a little better than linseed oil. However, it's very BEST PURPOSE is to clean and condition the brushes. It prevents them from getting hard so fast. I hope this helps

Hi, has anyone tried spike oil (lavender oil) as a medium? what's it good for and bad for? i read about it in the wonderful, famous eastlake, then tried i it instead of turps as a thinner (which the bottle's label suggested), adding a bit of stand linseed coz i thought it would stretch the pigment too much.

: i think da vinci used to use it to get a matte look? if so, would my use of stand oil defeated that? doh.

: also, does anyone out there use it? where i live, it's v.v. expensive! (and quite stinky). should i give it up as an archaic, stinky throwback?
: THANKS guys!