how do you get water out of white spirit so i can do oil paintings?

Question

where i am located there is no where to buy any white spirit

Answer 1

I'm sure there is an interesting story about how you managed to get water into your mineral spirits, but you can't put water into oil paint.

So you will have to hope that one is heavier than the other, and will eventually separate into two layers that can carefully be poured off from each other.

Or you'll have to wait even longer for the water to evaporate.

You could probably travel to buy a new supply in less time.

Answer 2

Mineral Spirits is known in England as white spirit. It is distilled from crude petroleum oils and as a thinner it has properties similar to turpentine. The best grades are made especially for that purpose, and they evaporate at a speed which makes them suitable for paint and varnish use. During the past several decades mineral spirits has virtually replace turpentine in the industrial paints, but artist have been slow in accepting it, mostly because of it benzine-like odor.
It has advantages; leaves no sticky, gummy residue in cups, does not deteriorate with age and is priced less than turpentine and is less likely to cause allergic reactions. It is not compatible with damar products.
Considered a petroleum product, is is intermediate between kerosene and gasoline as to flash point

Answer 3

How did you get water into your white spirit in the first place?
White spirit can be bought at any hardware store or in the hardware department of a department store (like Wal-Mart) where they sell house paints because it's used for cleaning brushes.
I buy mine, now available in an unscented version (and it really does NOT smell), by the gallon at GB Brico (in Belgium).
You don't have to go to an art supply store (and pay accordingly)!

Answer 4

I don't understand the question. White spirit is paraffin derived. It doesn't come from water and it shouldn't mix with water.