tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post4766329488359391013..comments2023-09-26T07:21:40.532-04:00Comments on The Brooklyn days: Prep workPretty Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-4187508721089047702007-02-14T10:33:00.000-05:002007-02-14T10:33:00.000-05:00Can I add a few ideas its me Jeff my password wont...Can I add a few ideas its me Jeff my password wont work:<BR/>First if you use real turpentine it's more eco-friendly than mineral spirits which is petroleum based.<BR/>for instance you can buy double-distilled Gum Turpentine which is as clear as water and has very little oder.<BR/><BR/>(This is not Rectified turpentine, which is cooked at high temperatures with water. Although that produces a clear turpentine without the traditional precipitate on the bottom of the container, it also causes the turpentine to hold water. Water is why many resin varnishes grow cloudy. Today, much turpentine is made in Third World countries using light wood, that is grinding up stumps, branches and pine needles and drawing the essence out with steam. The result is that smelly stuff that also contains water. Just imagine what sort of maple syrup you’d get if you boiled up roots, branches and leaves.)<BR/><BR/>If you make varnish with mineral spirits it will cause all sorts of problems as a painting medium such as drying times and in some cases the paint will dry to much as the <BR/>mineral spirits evaporates instead of bonding like tuprs does.<BR/><BR/>The orange based stuff is worse than both, I can find you a link for the stats.<BR/><BR/>Gamblin paints huh? You live in Brooklyn do you know Robert Doaks store? If you can stand him his paint is the best for the money about the same as Gamblin and 100 times better with no fillers. It is better than everyone out there except maybe studioproducts.com<BR/>who make a limited amount of paint and a few other companies. Stay away from any Sennilier paint as it is made with safflower oil which takes years to dry.<BR/><BR/>RGH is good to.<BR/><BR/>Also if you want to make varnish in the future studio products sells a kit with Damar crystals in pre mixed bag, all you have to do is add the turps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-37931970962414500162007-02-12T14:03:00.000-05:002007-02-12T14:03:00.000-05:00Hi Bimbo! Be very careful. I might take you up o...Hi Bimbo! Be very careful. I might take you up on that offer--I am in the market for slaves. Read <A HREF="http://brooklyndays.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-to-stretch-canvas.html" REL="nofollow">this post</A> for homework, then come over for a brush-cleaning lesson.Pretty Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00342833918614545778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040841.post-13125393203830644812007-02-12T12:37:00.000-05:002007-02-12T12:37:00.000-05:00Absolutely fascinating- and I'm not being fascetio...Absolutely fascinating- and I'm not being fascetious. If you did an entire post series on materials, particularly what you as an artist have to do to prepare them, I would not be disappointed. I would want to come over and help.Bimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16556787733394516695noreply@blogger.com