2007-11-09 18:54:50 · 5 answers · asked by j_saiha4 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Soap.
Thought in painting you may want to reconsider that. There are special water/oil paints about but they are mixed in a factory and you can not expect to get a result like it with home made stuff.
2007-11-09 19:06:46 · answer #1 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way I know of mixing oil and water is adding detergents. This breaks down the oils to mix with water.
However ...you end up with and inordinate amount of detergent in your mix.
Otherwise water and oil don't mix.
2007-11-10 10:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer this from a chemistry point of view.
If you add soap, then oil and water form an emulsion which means that the soap holds the oil in tiny droplets scattered in the water, for all practical purposes a mixture. Milk is an emulsion of fat and proteins in water too.
2007-11-10 04:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can't, since the oil and the water repel each other.
You can buy water-based oil paints though, in which the paint is diluted in water, and brushes wash out in water. And it looks exactly like traditional oil-based oil paints - quite clever!
2007-11-10 06:27:06 · answer #4 · answered by alienaviator 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You don't mix oil and water, unless you're making marbled paper by hand---in which case, you do. :D
For what reason do you want to mix oil and water? Telling us that might help somebody to help you.
2007-11-10 12:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by helene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋