Rublev Colours Kettle-Bodied (Low Viscosity) Linseed Oil - 8 fl oz

Stand oil is is heat treated and polymerized (thickened) oil. This heat-bodied oil is made from well-refined linseed oil from American flax seeds that is cooked in closed-kettles. Kettle-Bodied Linseed Oils are heat-polymerized oils made in closed-kettles. They are of medium acid range and light color. They give good gloss, flow, brushability, and low-yellowing characteristics compared to open-kettled, heat-bodied oils. Meets Federal Specification TT-L-201, Type 2.

Add to oil paint to increase brushability, gloss, flow, and level out and hold out. Start with 10% and gradually increase to 30%. As you increase the proportion of bodied oil to oil paint or oil painting medium, you will experience more tackiness and drag while brushing and increased gloss in the dried paint film.

Adding large amounts of bodied oil may increase the tendency of oil paint to wrinkle (alligator). Adding as little as 10% by volume of bodied oil to painting mediums increases the viscosity of the medium and slows the drying time.