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This excerpt is about a type of oil called refined walnut oil. It is a type of oil that is used to bind other paints together and to make them more bright and colorful. It is also used to thin other paints.
Michael Harding Refined Walnut Oil dries at the same rate as
linseed oil, but it does not yellow as much. Michael Harding use it
as the binder for their lead whites where the brightness of the
colour demands the clearest possible oil binder, without compromise
on production costs. Use it to thin whites and to bring out the
brightness in other colours.The use of walnut oil in paint can be
traced back even further than that of linseed. When 15th century
artists began to add oil to their tempera colours it was walnut oil
that seemed the obvious choice. Jan van Eyck in Flanders and
Antonello da Messina in Italy both knew of its handling properties.
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