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2. Oil paint - Wikipedia

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   Oil paint is a type of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. Oil paint also has practical advantages over other paints, mainly because it is waterproof.

3. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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   Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas , wood panel or copper for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of the world.

4. Transfer of panel paintings - Wikipedia

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   The ground of the painting was then removed by solvents or scraping, until nothing remained but a thin skin of colour, pasted over with paper and held together by the muslin. A prepared canvas was then attached to the back of the paint layer, using the same method as was used for lining pictures. When the glue had dried, the paper and muslin ...

5. Conservation and restoration of panel paintings - Wikipedia

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   Panel paintings consist of a wood support, a ground (linen or parchment sized with glues, resin, and gesso), and an image layer (encaustic, tempera, oil). [1] They are typically constructed of two or more panels joined together by crossbeam braces which can separate due to age and material instability caused by fluctuations in relative humidity ...

6. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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   Oil paint is a medium made up of pigments and a drying oil binding agent. Various other ingredients can be mixed in to condition the paint in several ways and modify its various properties and drying. [1] Oil paintings are painted on various surface support types. Oil on canvas, oil on board, and oil on metal are only some examples of oil ...

7. Wood finishing - Wikipedia

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   On the other hand some fungal stains and those caused by the reaction of iron with wood can disfigure wood. [24] These stains can be removed from wood using bleach. [26] [27] Bleaches are also occasionally used to reduce the difference in colour between lighter sapwood and heartwood and also colour variation within heartwood. [7]