Three major grades of turpentine are: – Pure Gum Spirits of Turpentine ( [B]double distilled [/B], rectified) is pure, and without water. This is the grade of turpentine used by artists. – [B]Wood turpentine is made from ground wood. – Sulphate turpentine is obtained as a by-product of the paper pulping industry.
I've noticed that many artists use "Odorless Mineral Spirits" and the like, instead of artists' turpentine. I tried to get something like that in my country, but […]
The general consensus is that turpentine is the most toxic, followed by white spirit (or mineral spirits as it is known in the US) and then odorless mineral spirits (usually referred to as OMS).
Turpentine is a solvent that is absolutely compatible with oil paints and you can use it to thin your paints as well as cleaning your brushes. Turpentine has been used successfully in oil painting for more than 700 years.
Turpentine, along with other solvents, dry mainly by evaporation, with little (if any) chemical cross-linking or oxidation taking place. This evaporation is very dependent on temperature and air circulation.
I am using Kremers Double Rectified Balsam Turpentine. I've had the same jar for about 3 years. When I poured some into my mini cup a few […]
Genuine Venice turpentine is comparatively scarce today, most of it being a brown liquid made by dissolving gum rosin in turpentine spirits or by mixing a small amount of larch balsam with gum rosin and turpentine spirits to make it less expensive.
The Farnham Venice turpentine is “imitation Venice turpentine,” and not the real venice turpentine. It is used on horses hoofs, but is not useful for oil painting. I checked with the company, out there in your neck of the woods, and I was told that it is imitation, and has not been recently reformulated, and has never contained larch ...