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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - Painting - Oil Painting - Binders and Diluents - Water-thinned Adhesives - Synthetic Resins

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.

Synthetic Resins - Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA)
Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) is a synthetic resin. When it is prepared as an emulsion, it serves as the principal ingredient of many milky white glues sold under such names as Elmer's Glue-All (Borden Chemical Co.) and Duratite White Glue (D. A. P., Inc.). These products are widely used in the industrial trades as adhesives for wood, paper, and other materials. They are liquid at room temperature and do not require heating in a glue pot. The glue may be thinned with water, and it forms films that are flexible, clear, and water resistant. It is neither toxic nor flammable.

Especially pure grades of these polyvinyl acetate emulsions are manufactured under such names as Everflex (W. R. Grace & Co.) BG or Polyco (Bordon Chemical Co.) 2113 or 2151. For more than thirty years artists have been using polyvinyl acetate emulsions as binders for paint and gesso (page 201). In addition these emulsions have been employed as adhesives to attach paper, textiles, or other materials to a support surface. [pp. 37-38]

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










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