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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Thinners and Solvents - Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

Characteristics - Painting Methods & Techniques - Materials and Equipment - Work Space & Storage - Manufacture of Pigments - Protection of the Picture

From: Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.

Thinners and Solvents
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons


Aliphatic Hydrocarbons - Petroleum Products

Within the range of the aliphatic hydrocarbons there is a variety of materials, beginning with the very rapidly evaporating gasolines, which are distilled at comparatively low boiling ranges of temperature, down to the kerosenes, which evaporate very slowly and are distilled at high-temperature boiling ranges. Between these two extremes there is a group of products which are designated in a rather general way as petroleum solvents, mineral spirits, ligroines, naphthas, or benzines. A material in this group can be more precisely identified by an indication of its boiling range. When necessary, this information, as well as specifications concerning the product's composition (percentages of naphthenes, olefins, paraffins, and aromatics), can usually be obtained from the distributor or manufacturer. [p. 40]




[Kay, Reed. The Painter's Guide to Studio Methods and Materials. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1983.]





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