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What is the solvent for paint?
Gloss paints are available in all types of bases. The most common gloss paints used in homes are either oil based or water based alkyds or water based acrylic or vinyls latexes.
Will water work for thinning oil paints?
Unfortunately combining oil and water in paint always results in disaster. Oil based paints must be thinned with solvent. Brushes used to paint oil based paints also need to be cleaned with solvent.
What are water paints?
Water paints are more often called water colours when talking about art, and water-based paints when decorating the home. It simply means the liquid in them is water, rather than something oil based.
Are water based paints flammable?
No, there are no chemicals in water borne latex paint that will catch fire, no matter how hard you might try.
What is the difference between water based and oil based interior white paint?
Regardless of the color, oil-based paints use solvent, normally mineral spirits, as a solvent Vs. water for water-based and oil-based paints dry harder than latex paints making them more scrubable. Water-based paints don't yellow or crack as they age and can be formulated to dry fairly hard while still retaining some elasticity. Both oil and water-based white paints should cover to opacity in a single coat.
What kind of paint do you use on concrete fountains?
Both the water based paints and the oil based paints can be used on the concrete fountains. However, the oil-based pains are the best as they cannot be washed easily unlike the water based paints.
What kind of artist paints large artworks directly onto walls or ceilings?
A muralist or mural artist paints large artwork scenes directly onto walls or ceilings and may use techniques such as fresco. Water based paints, oil based paints, and acrylic paints are commonly used to create large works of art.
Can you use any paint on metal?
No, there are some paints, like many water-based paints, that will not block air and moisture and can not be used on metal . Most solvent based paints, like an alkyd or lacquer, over a proper primer, direct to metal water-based acrylics and multi-part epoxies and urethanes can be used over metal successfully.
What are paintings?
Water paints are more often called water colours when talking about art, and water-based paints when decorating the home. It simply means the liquid in them is water, rather than something oil based.
Did middle ages men use oils for manuscripts?
If you are asking about the paints used in illuminated manuscripts - no, oil-based paints were never used. Oil would have soaked through each of the pages, which were made of treated animal skins, and ruined not only one page but the pages on each side. All inks and paints used in books and documents were water-based.
Why isn't water used in gloss paint?
Because it does not mix well.
What paints are lead free?
All house paints sold in the United States and Canada are lead free. The only paints that contain lead are used in industrial applications and are should not be available for purchase to the general public. Lead is used in some artist oil whites, however, this is rare and the artist who uses them has to pay a premium to acquire them . Lead is not used in water based paints.
