Refined Linseed oil is a drying vegetable oil extracted by mechanical pressing of the Linseed / Flaxseed. It is dark yellowish with a characteristic odor. Because of its good drying properties and its molecular size and good penetration into wood it is used in numerous applications.
Linseed oil provides glossy and transparency property to oil color, the oil improves the brilliancy of pigments. It accentuates the grain of woods. Constituents: Linseed Oil.
Extracted from Flax seed (Linum Usitatissimum) using steam-heated pressing method. Alkali treated. Made by crushing steam heated flax seed to produce greater quantities of oil than in cold pressing.
It reduces the oils’ tendency to yellow. Linseed oil is the most widely used oil because when dry it forms the toughest, most resilient paint films. Used even in small quantities, adds a soft, slippery quality when added to oil colors.
The paint film will stay open and is easily moved or reworked for up to 24 hours. It is recommended that the use of linseed oil should be kept to a minimum as a medium to aid fluidity or transparency.
If multiple layers of linseed oil are introduced, in the mediums added to oil colors, so the effects of future yellowing will be exaggerated.
Dries to a gloss finish. Refined Linseed Oil can be used as a levelling agent medium or to give your completed works of art a glossy finish.
In small amounts, it can be added to oil paint to enhance paint flow and to make it slow drying, enabling you to work the paint.
It's ideal for use when utilizing wet on wet techniques and can be used as a cleaner, to help prepare your brushes for your next project.
