OIL PAINT
Contains pigments usually suspended in linseed oil, a drier, and
mineral spirits or other type of thinner. The linseed oil serves as the
binder for the pigments, the drier controls drying time, the thinner controls
the flowing qualities of the paint. As the thinner evaporates, the mixture
of pigments and oil gradually dries to an elastic skin as the oil absorbs
oxygen from the air or "cures". The curing action bonds a tough paint film to the applied
surface. Oil paints are used inside and outside and are regarded as the
traditional house paint.
