2006-08-21 06:30:59 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Yes. Linseed oil is an extender of sorts for oil paints. To make paints dry more quickly, you can use something called Liquin. (I like that product a lot). Oil will dry in relationship to how many additives you put in it. Just make sure your proportions right and your painting will dry (I've known people who've mixed oils the wrong way and have had paintings take 2+ years).... yikes!
2006-08-21 11:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will certainly take longer to dry or if it ever does dry at all. All oil based paints need chemical dryers added to properly dry. These dryers use to be lead and cobalt based materials that would facilitate alkyds in the drying process. If you are just trying to protect some wooden piece outside and don't care about it being hard dry then add the linseed oil without dryers, I have done this when trying to protect a piece of painted plywood used outside.
2006-08-22 05:36:26 · answer #2 · answered by Daisydog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes always allow for extra dry time when using linseed oil. the results are great and better for weather proofing will out last any other paint job on exterior finishes.
2006-08-22 05:59:44 · answer #3 · answered by xpressman5c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. But it is useful if you've left your oil paint tube open or you have a reasonably large amount of oil paint smeared on your palette and it's gone a bit dry - mixing in linseed oil will make it nice and useable again.
2006-08-21 22:07:07 · answer #4 · answered by marzipanthecat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because linseed oil takes longer to dry , it will take the paint longer to dry .
2006-08-22 05:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by satish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
linseed oil is the medium usually that your pigment is suspended in . so if you add more to it it will be thinner but it will dry at the same rate. Also depends how thick you put it on. Use liquin to dry faster. And when yo buy linseed oil make sure it is cold pressed.
2006-08-21 13:25:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hobby Lobby has a product called Quick Drying Linseed Oil. it really works. Dries almost over night if you don't use too much. Trust me....I don't paint without it anymore.
2006-08-21 12:35:46 · answer #7 · answered by melissa 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, from experience it takes a little longer to dry compared to unmixed oil color. Additives to regular oil paint will determine drying time of a painting. According to some art experts, oil painting is never truly dry until decades have passed.
2006-08-22 06:19:23 · answer #8 · answered by capenafuerte 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it depends on what you are using. Some linseed oils take longer to dry. It's probably the cooked/boiled variety. I don't care for linseed oil additives myself, as they are just too glossy for me when dried.
2006-08-21 12:47:09 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. From what I remember, it actually will dry a bit faster. But personally, I prefer acrylic which drys really fast (about 20 minutes opposed to 24 hours) and looks just as nice as oil paint once you apply a gloss on the finished product.
2006-08-21 06:39:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋