Fast Drying Medium For Oil Paint

For example oil paint may dry within 6 8 hours but cure in 3 7 days.

Fast drying medium for oil paint.

An alkyd based semi gel medium grumbacher quickdry will shorten the drying time of water mixable oil paints. One more great advantage of using turpentine in the beginning of the painting is it has the ability to accelerate drying time so you can proceed with the painting quite soon. With a viscosity that is similar to traditional painting media made from linseed oil gamblin s galkyd medium increases the fluidity of oil colors while speeding up their drying time. As oil paint dries its solid components adhere to each other a process called curing.

Oil paint is typically a slow drying medium but there are ways to make it dry quicker. When fully cured you can apply another layer of paint without fear of harm wrinkling or cracking. The paint however remains vulnerable to damage from wiping or brushing. Also you can paint in much thinner layers which may sound pretty obvious but it makes hardly any difference.

It also adds transparency and flow and smooths paint to minimize brushstrokes and hold. But the turpentine itself in its own condition as the only medium for paint only efficient and has its strengths in the first stage of the painting process. Other fast drying mediums include windsor and newton s liquin original fine detail and gamblin s galkyd lite which fasten up the speed of drying the more paint you add probably about 1 2 days depending.