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Water can be used to remove latex-based enamel before it dries. Attempting to use water to remove wet, oil-based paint will have little effect. In either case, paint is not designed to be water-soluble after drying, and caustic solvents are needed to break down the chemical bond that holds the paint components together.
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What are water based paints used for?
Painting?
Why distilled water cannot be used in boilers?
needs the oxygen removed in the distilling process to boil in the boiler
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.
Why can the fluids used to dry-clean clothing remove grease even when water cannot?
Water cannot interact with grease,due to its high surface tension, so when the water is removed from the clothing after cleaning it, the grease remains. The fluids used to dry clean clothing are actually chemical solvents. They dissolve the grease, so when the solvent is removed, the grease is also removed.
Which oxide are used in white paints?
CaO is used in white paints usually paints
What is the solvent used in paints?
Varsol, oil thinner, turps, lacquer thinner, xylene, and many others.
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.
Is paint an adverb?
No. Paintings is a plural noun. It cannot be used as an adverb.
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.
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.
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 paint thinner in acrylic paint?
Paint thinner is nearly alwys used in oil based paints. If you mix it with mosts acrylic paint the paints it will be ruined - unless of course you have a solvent based acrylic - such as a thermoplastic acrylic.
