I want to be able to spray it from a bottle onto the canvas. Will this cause a problem with drying time or will it not work at all causing the oil base paint to not dry correctly?
Bottom line is I want to thin-out the thick oil base paints so I can use them without using a brush.
Thanks for any answers.
Chris
2007-01-13 22:57:24 · 8 answers · asked by Christopher B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
As already stated, oil and water do not mix. The addition of linseed oil will help you to achieve a greater transparency, but it will effect drying time. It won't spray from a bottle, however.
Turps or mineral spirits will give you the fluidity that you desire, yet will most likely bring about changes to your painting that are either highly desired or completely distrous. I would suggest doing some "test" panels. Play around. Sometimes the best results can come from loose experimentation.
There are water-based oil paints available (somewhat of an oxymoron!). I've not used them, personally, though I've seen paintings where they were used. They dont' have the look of oils, though one could certainly use water for the purposes you've proposed.
Another possibility is to use acrylics. I've had great results with applying acrylic "washes" over acrylic paintings. Remember, though, that while one CAN put oil over acrylic, acrylics CAN NOT be applied over oils.
Good luck with your painting!
2007-01-14 06:04:17 · answer #1 · answered by Artlady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer NO! Sure you can do it but the results will not be what you want. Water and oild do not mix, the oild is suspended on the water so all you end up with is a streaky mess. To succesfiully dilute oild paint use Linseed oil to thin it out, just make sure that there is sufficient pigment to prevent the oil from staining the canvas you are painting on .
2007-01-13 23:05:28 · answer #2 · answered by Shelty K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You dilute water based paint with water. The oil base paint you can dilute with some paint thinner. If you try to mix the two, they will not combine properly, like mixing oil and water.
2007-01-13 23:03:11 · answer #3 · answered by Big C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you will definitely need to use a linseed oil or such, canola oil if youre sacreligous... but this will make the paint dry slower. turps will make it dry better but can affect any other paint on the canvas. probably spray better too, but practice on something standing up so you wont get runs even if youre spraying flat
2007-01-14 00:47:59 · answer #4 · answered by slender4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's best to dilute oil based paint with an oil, such as linseed oil.
2007-01-13 23:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by ohare banana 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is why i do not use it. I even hated to promote it to customers. yet ,convinced ,you should use water depending paint over oil depending primer,only no longer water depending paint over oil depending paint. Or oil depending paint over water depending paint. Oil or Water depending paint over Oil or Water depending primer is tremendous. i'm Now perplexed,how about you? (no longer fairly)
2016-10-31 01:44:24 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no... oil and water don't mix dilute the paint with more oil
2007-01-13 23:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by Reader 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Use white spirit, or turpentine.
You must obey the rule of "fatter on fat"
2007-01-14 03:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by jacquesh2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋