Moreover, I had always gravitated toward oil paints, which are forgiving by nature -- slow to dry and relatively malleable as ...

j Linseed oil is used not only in painting but in the manu-: facture of printers' ink, varnishes, oilcloths, etc. When adulterated with fish oil, the presence of the latter may be detected by ...

Oil is the common vehicle employed for paints, and it is undoubtedly the best; it has, however, some defects requiring correctives. Thus drying linseed oil, which is made by boiling it with some ...