New to oils

[Einion]

Thanks for the link Keith, I should get around to updating that at some point.

Originally posted by angus147258+Feb 8 2006, 05:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (angus147258 @ Feb 8 2006, 05:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>What are the dangers of oil paints?[/b]

Don't get it on your skin routinely; don't smoke or drink or eat in the studio. Other than these you have little to worry about.

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Turpentine is flamable, is Turpenoid?[/quote]
Yes. All organic solvents that can be used to dilute oil paints and enamels are flammable. You may run into industry definitions of flammability (like on the Zest-It site, which also has misleading info on toxicity) but they all burn.

If you're worried look for a high flash point, which Soluvar features for example.

Einion

 

[angus147258]

I got two paints, Lamp Black and Titanium White. These shall be my test paints and will be applied to my Pegaso 54mm 13th century knight (I'll post a V-bench for him).

I'm very excited but I still have a few questions.
I'll be using only Turpenoid for thinner. Should I get an accelerator? If so which one?

 

[megroot]

Jake,

I think you gonna get yourself into problems. In my opinion you have to use no thinner and no accelerator.
Put some paint on a palet (archive chart) and let seek out the oils (half hour).
Then take some of the pigment on the brush and beware less is more.
Bring it on your figure and whipe off with a dry brush the extensive paint.
Leave it a night over, (two - three hours under a lightbulb 100 W in a wooden box called drybox).
Then repeat it all untill the surface is covered.
Maybe you had to go two, three time's for the white maybe four times.
If you use thinner you can take poison on it that you have a shiney colour, and that's the last you want.

Marc

 

[angus147258]

If I use a matte varnish at the end can I still thin? I understand that it will make my paints glossy, but I am used to painting extremely thin. It would better for my style.