Oils can I dry them in an confection oven

[TAB Studio]

So i live in humid FLA and the last time tried oils it took to long to dry.... does anyone know if a confection oven would dry with out screwing them up?
I will try but, wondered if before I did, has any one else ?
They are water based Grumbacher

 

[frenchkid]

Well I\'m translating an article from yandegio right now aout basic oil painting, and that\'s exactly what he says he does to help with ry time and to \'dull\' the paint.
He made his little oven by using a light bulb and a metal box. Hope this helps.

 

[Joshua]

we\'re lookin forward to the finished article! tell the french community to write the smack in english! the only people you see not talking english here is you french guys
why dont you just integrate

 

[frenchkid]

Well not all french people speak english as our language happens to be french. That\'s why I take some of my time to translate the articles that I find interesting, you\'ll just have to be patient.

 

[green stuff]

Message original : Joshua
why dont you just integrate

\"Cultural exception\" lol.

Or just because our foreign language classes are over crowded and more writen oriented than spoken -> less participation -> less motivation .

 

[donga666]

Drying Oil paints in an oven will dull them or could even crack them. When I used Artists oils they dryed quicker when I mixed Turpentine (artist quality) with the paint. But i don\'t know about Miniature Oils.

Maybe you should consider using Acrylics with a drying retarder, they have a very similar working time to oils (you can control that with the amount of retarder you put in), and are less of a pain.

Oil paints & High-humidity don\'t mix.

But don\'t \'bake\' them. You will dry out the outer layers before the inner, making trouble

 

[Orb]

Planet Figure

Hi there

the miltary model types (some who use oils all the time) are having a discussion on oio drying times here:

PF Oil Drying time thread

hopefully there\'s some useful stuff in there, about ovens/crock pots etc that may help

Rob

 

[E-Arkham]

Well not all french people speak english as our language happens to be french.

lol! This exchange reminds of a quote from bash.org:

<KK> Anyone here speak Spanish?
<ste> i do
<KK> Shut up. You can\'t even speak English.
<ste> thats cuz i spanish

And for something more on topic, has anyone ever tried drying something faster by placing it in a box with charcoal? Supposedly the charcoal absorbs the moisture out of the air, allowing things to dry at a normal rate.

I\'ve never had a chance to try it, but was considering the tactic when planning a spray booth.

Kep

 

[Wolf_Fang]

on this subject of fire.... eny way to well.... fire proof them? so they dont get schorched? ive been thinkging of making incence burbers out of some.. for example.. a campe fire with fake logs and then have the logs removable and the insence goes under it and the smoke move through the logs.. problem is finding a way the thing dont get schorched... eny sedgestions? also if you can think of a material that i can use to sculpt the base let me know!

 

[donga666]

@Wolf_fang: Milliput is heat proof, we used to make things that \'needed to be flame proof\' at University, Ahem!

But it will scorch, all scorching is, is the depositing of carbon particles from the flame. Incense burners scorch the worst, oily smoke (its the \'oils\' that smell nice).

Andy

 

[Wolf_Fang]

miliput eh... so make the holder and the logs out of miliput?.... what about the mini i wanna use? just set it away from the smoke? like... an inch or 2?

 

[donga666]

Originally posted by Wolf_Fang
miliput eh... so make the holder and the logs out of miliput?.... what about the mini i wanna use? just set it away from the smoke? like... an inch or 2?

That should do it, but it will discolour in time. Incense burners will make most things brown eventually.

Andy

 

[Wolf_Fang]

about how long do you think? im thinking of selling them on ebay... another thing im gonna do for sure is for the stick kind... get a reg mini drill out the hands and have him holding it.

 

[finn17]

With the exception of..

Originally posted by Joshua
... the only people you see not talking english here is you french guys

...the Spanish, Italians, Polish, Russian, Belgian and Dutch...

Apologies to anyone I have left off, it wasn\'t intentional

And Frenchkid...us ignorant Ros Bifs are grateful for your translations:flip:

 

[Shawn R. L.]

HERE I AM TO SAVE THE DAY!!!! (quoted from Mighty Mouse)

I have delt with this exact problem. Two options. One is to buy some stuff called \'alykid\'. This is added to OIL paints to greatly speed their drying time. You can also buy oil paints with the alykid in them already. Their working time is 1-2 hours and are completely dry overnight (If you paint thin). To paint with them you will not notice any difference from \'regular\' oils. Good luck.

 

[Spacemunkie]

Err.... I thought that was why acrylic paint was created??