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Sep 18, 2010
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starstarstarstarstar 		It does matter what oil you use
by: lorenz

It does matter what oil you use. The oil must have the proper drying time depending on what you want to achieve: Longer or shorter drying time. And it must not become yellow afterwards. Ther are probably some more requirements. I tried some olive oil and baby oil when I first experimented with oil paints. No way! That stuff did not dry!
(But baby oil is fine for cleaning the brushes and your hands.)
May 22, 2010
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by: Shannon

Certain thinning oils do have different drying rates. I use safflower oil mixed with linseed oil (1/2 and 1/2) because I found the safflower oil by itself was causing my paintings to stay tacky for way too long. Lavendar oil will not allow oil paint to dry. I found a really good tutorial on the web about different oil painting mediums (don't remember the web site though, sorry). Just search for "oil painting mediums". I thought I could use boiled linseed oil (that I found in the hardware store wood working section for really cheap), but the article said it would yellow your paint and crack! Good luck!
Apr 09, 2010
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starstar 		but will the oil dry?
by: Arthur

I don't think so. That it the reason why we are using our line seed oil.

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