Refined Safflower Oil Very pale, Refined safflower oil. Has little tendency to yellow and is often recommended for use with whites, blues and pale colours. Adds a slippery quality to oil colours. Slow drying. Care should be taken when used for underpainting. Drying time: 6-9 days to touch dry. Product Code: 031 Refined Safflower Oil…
Cold Pressed Safflower Oil Natural drying oil used as a traditional binder for grinding oil colours. Has increased wetting power and imparts flexibility to paint films. Made by crushing the safflower seed under great pressure, Low yield of oil from the seed using this extraction method. Safflower, like all artists’ drying oils, harden by absorbing…
Stand Oil Non-yellowing oil for use in all oil mediums. Thick and honey-like oil, gives enamel-like qualities to paint. Should be diluted with solvent. Dries to a tough flexible film. Stand oil is manufactured by heating, in the absence of oxygen, linseed oil to approximately 570° F. The linseed oil polymerizes, that is, molecules of…
Madder Roots Description: Rubia Tinctorum Highest quality Persian origin. High alizarin and pseudopurpurin dye content. Makes deep red dye for textiles. For manufacture of madder lake pigments. Product code: 4143 Safety Data Sheet xxxxxx Download full SDS
Madder Root Ground Description: Rubia Tinctorum Highest quality Levatine origin. High alizarin and pseudopurpurin dye content. Makes deep red dye for textiles. For manufacture of madder lake pigments. Madder has been used since ancient times as a red dye for leather, wool, cotton, and silk. Product code: 4144 Safety Data Sheet xxxxxx Download full SDS
Oak Gallnuts Description: Quercus Infectoria Aleppo white gallnuts. High gallo-tannic content. Natural dye for producing black and grey colours. Makes traditional Iron Gall drawing ink when admixed with Ferrous Sulphate. Excellent source of tannin for use in natural dyeing with the use of mordants. Does not impart a strong colour to the fabric by itself.…
Buckthorn Berries Description: Rhamnus Petiolaris Flavanoid rich natural dye. For hot and all-in-one dyebath techniques. Also makes ‘sap green’ and ‘stil de grain’ lakes. Also known as Anatolian buckthorn or Persian berries. The seeds of these plants can be used to create a range of shades including orange-yellow, yellow, beige, green, and khaki, depending on…
Buckthorn Powder Description: Rhamnus Petiolaris Flavanoid rich natural dye. For hot and all-in-one dyebath techniques. Also makes ‘sap green’ and ‘stil de grain’ lakes. Also known as Anatolian buckthorn or Persian berries. The seeds of these plants can be used to create a range of shades including orange-yellow, yellow, beige, green, and khaki, depending on…
Weld Description: Reseda luteola Natural dye for producing brilliant yellow colours. For cold, hot and all-in-one dyebath techniques. Also known as dyer’s rocket, dyer’s weed, dyer’s mignonette, and gaude. Used to obtain a range of light and wash-fast yellow colours. Weld can be combined with indigo or woad for emerald and leaf greens. Product code:…
Walnut Husks Description: Juglans Nigra Product of Turkey. high in tannic acid. Makes brown textile dye. Black walnut hulls are high in tannins and can be used as a natural dye to produce a range of brown tones. Sourced from the Mesopotamia region of Turkey. Product code: 4152 Safety Data Sheet xxxxxx Download full SDS
