Best oil paints 2018 – [Buyer’s Guide]

Last Updated December 1, 2023

Best oil paints of 2018

The rating is based on multiple factors: The 3 metrics ‐ Design, Materials, Performance, and other indicators such as: Popularity, Opinions, Brand, Reputation and more. If you’re scouring the market for the best oil paints, you’d better have the right info before spending your money. Come with me. I browse the various oil paints available on the market and list three of the very best.

Test Results and Ratings

Rank	№1	№2	№3
Product
Total	4.8	4.5	4.3
Design	5 points	4 points	4 points
Versatility	5 points	5 points	4 points
Performance	5 points	5 points	4 points
Price	4 points	4 points	5 points
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№1 – Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colors Set – Basic 10 Color Set.

Why did this oil paints win the first place?

I really enjoy the design. It is compact, comfortable and reliable. And it looks amazing! I was completely satisfied with the price. Its counterparts in this price range are way worse. I don’t know anything about other models from this brand, but I am fully satisfied with this product. The product is very strong. Its material is stable and doesn’t crack.

Design 5

Versatility 5

Performance 5

Price 4

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№2 – Castle Art Supplies Oil Paint Set Perfect for Professional and Beginners – Extend Your Painting Supplies to Include These 24 Richly Pigmented and Vivid Oil Colors Suitable for all Canvas

Why did this oil paints come in second place?

I really liked it. It is amazing in every aspect. It did even exceed my expectations for a bit, considering the affordable price. I recommend you to consider buying this model, it definitely worth its money. The material is pretty strong and easy to wash if needed. The design quality is top notch and the color is nice.

Design 4

Versatility 5

Performance 5

Price 4

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№3 – Winsor & Newton Artists Oil Color Paint Tube

Why did this oil paints take third place?

It is inconvenient to use due to the size. I am going to get something different next time. It doesn’t squeaks nor bents. Looks great in my apartment. I liked the design. We’ve been using it for 2 months and it still looks like brand new. A very convenient model. It is affordable and made of high-quality materials.

Design 4

Versatility 4

Performance 4

Price 5

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oil paints Buyer’s Guide

Our Recommended Oil Paint for Beginners

With the three points above in mind, you might have a decent idea of what to look for already. We normally recommend beginners to buy a set of oil paints rather than individual tubes, since it will save you a bunch of money. If you already have a set of oil paints, you can buy the individual paints when you run out of them or when you need a new color.

The oil paint set by Winsor & Newton is a great place to start. It comes with tubes that each hold 2ml of a different color. It offers good consistency, texture, and lightfastness. The high amount of pigment in the paint gives it good coverage and tinting strength. Additionally, if the paint it too thick for your personal taste, you can use some paint thinner to dilute it.

The included colors are Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue, Cadmium Red Deep Hue, French Ultramarine, Phthalo Blue, Permanent Green Light, Viridian Hue, Yellow Ochre, Burnt Siena, Ivory Black and Titanium White.

Read our other article to discover good alternative oil paints as well.

Our Recommended Oil Paint Brushes

Buying a brush set is a great place to start for beginners. First of all, it will provide you a good range of different brush types and sizes. Secondly, you will be able to save some money compared to buying them individually.

We recommend the Artify oil paint brush set to people just starting out with oil painting. This set contains 1different brushes that are all artist grade, including several round, flat and fan brushes. They come in a small box which makes it easy to carry them around. Since they are handmade you will have minimum shedding of hair. So no more hairs mixed into your paint. They even offer a 100% Manufacturer Money Back Guarantee.

Also, read our complete guide on the best oil paint brushes for beginners.

What to Look for in a Canvas for Oil Painting

Type of Canvas: canvas can be made out of a variety of different materials. Historically hemp was used to make a canvas. However, nowadays the best oil painting canvases are normally made out of cotton or linen.

Texture: depending on which material is used and the precise manufacturing process, canvas can have a different degree of roughness. A rough texture might eventually shine through the painting. Normally a smooth and fine texture is the preferred option.

Primed or Unprimed: a primed canvas is a canvas that has a layer of gesso on it. This prevents the paint from unevenly sinking into the canvas fibers and leaving ugly blotches behind. Priming the canvas can also be a huge help if you have a canvas with a very rough texture. Fortunately, most of the stretched canvases are already primed.

How to Choose a Good Paint Brush

When buying brushes for acrylic painting, you can get both the stiff bristle brushes used by oil painters and synthetic brushes made for smooth watercolor painting. It all depends on the effect you want to obtain with your brushwork.

Stiffer brushes will leave visible marks on the painting, with more textural results. Softer brushes will give you smoother brushstrokes, with more blending.

For oils you need thicker bristles to move the dense and heavy paint around. For watercolors you need a softer brush because the medium is very fluid. Acrylic paints are softer than oils but thicker than watercolors, so your brushes can be somewhere in the middle.

Expensive Sable Brushes Are too Fancy for Acrylics

Even though natural bristle brushes created for oil paint can be used with acrylic paint, you may want to avoid expensive sable brushes.

When painting with acrylics you need to keep your brushes wet or immersed in water for a long time, so that the paint does not dry on the brush, and this excessive moisture can ruin the natural fibers quickly.

Bristles or Hairs

The part of the brush that holds and applies the paint. They can be natural or synthetic. Good quality brushes have firmly held bristles. It’s important that they don’t fall out while you are painting, for aesthetic reasons and because you may create messes on your painting when you try to remove them.

Usually made from metal, it connects the handle to the hairs, and keeps the bristles in shape. A good ferrule does not rust or come loose.

Paint Brush Sizes

The size of a brush is indicated by a number on the handle, and it refers to how thick the brush is at the heel, where the ferrule meets the hairs. Sizes vary from 000, 00, 0, 1, 2, etc.

Different manufacturers have different sizes for the same number, so if you buy supplies online, always refer to the measurement of the brush, not just the size number, especially if you are not familiar with the manufacturer.

How to read manufacturer measurements

Length: distance from the edge of the ferrule out to the tip of the hair in the brush’s center.

Diameter: distance across a round ferrule at the point where the ferrule ends and the hair begins.

Width: distance across a flat ferrule at the exact point where the ferrule ends and the hair begins.

A brush’s width is different from the width of the paint stroke that the brush makes. The actual width of the stroke varies according to the amount of pressure used, the angle at which the brush is held, the media used, and the flexibility of the brush hair.

The brush stroke will vary depending on how you hold your brushes too. Holding your brush close to the ferrule gives you most control, great for painting details; holding near the end gives you lose strokes.

When Choosing Brushes You Should Consider

Size – The rule of thumb about brush size is that big brushes should be used for large areas and loose brushwork, and small brushes should be used for small areas and details.

Shape – each shape delivers different stroke styles, and a different effect. Learning which shape to use to get the wanted effect is very important, and requires some experimenting. Have fun with it.

Material – Nylon brushes are best to lay flat paint areas, while natural bristles give a more uneven texture.

Paint Brush Sets

Brushes can be very expensive. To save some money, you may purchase a paint brush set.

Brush sets come conveniently assorted in sizes and shapes. Many sets are a lower quality, but they can still be a great choice for beginner painters, and allow you to get used to the different types and sizes of brushes without investing a lot of money into it.

Once you know what type of brush you like to work with, you can expand your brush collection and invest in higher quality, more expensive brushes of your choice.

Wooster Brush 597Softip Two Pack Paintbrushes

Since 1922, Maimeri has insisted on offering a paint made up exclusively of oil and pigment – no fillers, additives or waxes. The company also offers a Renaissance, Mediterranean and Puro line of colours. The Renaissance and Puro lines were well received by reviewers, however, many said that the Mediterranean line was lacking the same heavy pigment load that they had come to expect from Maimeri’s paints.

Holbein Artists’ Oil Colours

Holbein produces two varieties of professional oil paints: Artists’ Oil Colours and Vernét Superior Artists’ Colours. For the latter, the grains of pigment are ground to half the size of the pigment found in standard products, which results in the light being reflected more evenly across the surface of a painting. The price of this product is quite high, but many artists observed that a little bit of paint can go a very long way.

Winsor & Newton Winton Oil Colours

Winsor & Newton’s Winton line is rated well by painting instructors, students and professionals who require a high volume of paint. The price is right for the pigment load and most artists said that it has a very workable consistency. Most of the reviewers for this article are oil painters, but a few artists more experienced with acrylics found that this product was able to ease their transition to oil colours nicely.

Tip Oil and water don’t mix

Always follow the “slow over fast rule” when oil painting. This means you must make sure the last layer of paint will dry quicker than the following layer, to prevent the paint from cracking and ruining your work.

Tip Explore mediums

Painting Kits canvases to the wall or to a ladder using some standard office clamps. But be sure to put some cardboard or paper in between the painting and the wall.

Two Inch Brush

This one is the most used brush on the ‘Joy of Painting’ television show. Bob uses it to create all kind of things, from clear skies and stormy clouds to big ol’ trees and cute little bushes.

Paint Materials

By far, latex based paints are the most popular option on the market today. Latex is literally a rubber which functions as a base to ensure the paint maintains integrity; basically sticking together and not turning into dust. Latex paints are water based, meaning that they can be cleaned up with water.

Acrylic-Latex

These are essentially an evolutionary improvement on latex paints. Acrylic is a plastic added to the latex paint which makes for a tougher paint which lasts longer. Almost all quality latex paints are actually acrylic-latex paints.

High-gloss Applications – Although there are a few acrylic-latex paints available on the market which are high gloss paints, they are extremely rare. Typically, if you need high-gloss paint, you need to buy an oil-based paint.

Painting Metal – Latex and acrylic/latex paints don’t do well on metals. Essentially, metals are better heat conductors than other materials. Have you ever touched a metal gate on a hot day? It seems much hotter than wood or brick siding on the house because it transmits that heat to your hand better. This over-dries paint, essentially baking it onto the substrate. In the case of latex paints, this causes the paint to shrink, eliminating the rubbers flexibility advantage and causes the paint to crack.

Extremely Smooth Paint Application is Required – Because oil-based paints dry slower than latex paints, they have more opportunity to “flow out”,  eliminating brushstrokes and other elements which cause uneven paint application.

Eggshell

Eggshell is the next step up in gloss from a pure flat paint. Some manufacturers use the terms eggshell and satin interchangeably; however, in reality they aren’t. These two sheens are the most commonly used for both interior and exterior applications in a home. For the interior, this sheen of paint cleans much easier than flat paints. For the exterior, this sheen of paint resists water much better than flat paints.

Semi-gloss

When you want your woodwork to stand out or you want superior washability, the clear choice is to use a semi-gloss paint. These paints are most commonly used for painted woodwork (as opposed to stained and varnished woodwork), or kitchen and bathroom walls. The drawback in using semi-gloss paints over satin finish paints is imperfections will stand out much more. It is essential when using semi-gloss or high gloss paints that you properly prepare your substrate, especially nail holes and drywall seams, to ensure a smooth surface your paint is applied to.

High gloss

High gloss paints are typically only used for painted wood trim and wrought-iron, providing a finish which stands out much more. As such, the only ones who use it for painted wood trim are individuals putting in wide, expensive trim.

Additionally, high gloss paints are used in some specialty applications where high washability and stain resistance is necessary. The only places you might see this would be in a home would be a utility room or a garage floor. Additionally, although it isn’t a residential usage, you occasionally find this in commercial kitchens.

Regular Primers

Almost all surfaces used in the building of a home are porous. That means that the paint will soak into the surface, especially when it is new. Since paint can be expensive, this isn’t necessarily a good use of paint. Primers typically cost less than paints and seal porous surfaces to ensure your paint stays on top of the substrate. The other effect primers have is to form a good bond between the substrate and the paint, adding to the paints lifespan. This is especially important with non-porous surfaces such as metals.

Block Filler

Although not really a primer, I’ve included this here with the primers, because it needs to be mentioned. Cement block, sometimes known as cinderblock, is highly porous. When painting with any normal paint, the paint both soaks into the block, and doesn’t have enough viscosity to bridge over the larger dips in the surface. Block filler is an extremely thick primer which works to fill those dips and seal off the surface. Unlike other paints and primers, block filler is only good for about 7square feet per gallon.

Aluminum Primer

Aluminum is one of the hardest substrates to paint as most paints, even oil-based ones, won’t stick to it. However, almost all houses have aluminum flashing on the roofs. While the flashing on the roof usually isn’t painted, it is painted when it comes down to meet a deck, or a lower roof, such as a separate roof around the porch of a two story house. The normal procedure to paint aluminum is to acid etch it first, and then rinse off the acid. Once the aluminum is dry, a special primer is applied before painting.

Exterior Trim

You can use either satin or flat acrylic-latex paint for your exterior trim. If you’re  painting your home for the first time, be sure to prime the wood with a quality primer/sealer before painting. All cracks, splits in the wood and sunken nail holes need to be caulked before painting. Be sure to scrape off any loose paint, especially if the wood is weathered, before painting.

Exterior Aluminum

Acid etch the aluminum, and then rinse it off with clean water. Once dry, you can paint it with either acrylic-latex paint, or oil-based paint. Since the aluminum is primed, latex and acrylic-latex paints will stick to the metal. For the best long-term results, I recommend using an oil-based paint.

Exterior Doors

Of anything on your house, the exterior doors and door frames take the most abuse. Two things in particular are common causes of damage to a door’s paint job which include keys, and shoes from kicking the door open or closed. For the sake of toughness, I recommend painting exterior doors with oil-based paints. Latex paints will work, but you’ll be repainting your door at least once a year to keep it looking nice.

Garage Floors

The best thing for painting garage floors is epoxy paint. While a little pricey, it will give you the longest lasting, chemical/oil resistant finish you can get. Before applying your paint, clean any oil and grease thoroughly off of the floor with a product designed for cleaning concrete. Once again, there are a number of these available on the market. If you can’t find them elsewhere, try your local auto parts store. Try and apply two coats of epoxy paint if you can; you’ll need to split your material in half, and only mix half of it at a time.

Children’s Furniture

Most children’s furniture is painted with high gloss oil based paint. This is done more than anything for durability. You don’t want that paint chipping and peeling. Once again, make sure you use a quality primer/sealer before painting. If refinishing, be sure to properly fill and sand all dings, cracks and nail holes; prime those areas before painting.

Now back to my palette

Before we get too far in, you’ll need to start thinking about paint color differently — you must understand that every oil paint manufactured color actually has a main color (the one you see) and another color that is part of a filler and blend.

Could be that they wouldn’t stay in business for long, (because of the ability for us to mix all the rest ourselves) or the manufacturing process just makes it impossible to create, thus preventing them with coming up with the perfect combination.

So each of the colors listed above you will find will lean one way or the other towards another color on the Color Wheel.

Oil Mediums in Art Techniques

Guide to Oil Painting Mediums for Oils and solvents alter the properties of oil paint to serve a particular purpose.

Linseed oil is the carrier of oil paint anyway, and by adding more will make the paint more translucent and runny, a bit like adding water to watercolor.

This is why linseed oil is the most commonly-used medium that artists use for oil colors. Linseed oil has been extracted from the linseed (or flaxseed) for its excellent binding powers to the ground pigment.

Solvents

Diameter: distance across a round ferrule at the point where the ferrule ends and the hair begins.

Width: distance across a flat ferrule at the exact point where the ferrule ends and the hair begins.

The brush stroke will vary depending on how you hold your brushes too. Holding your brush close to the ferrule gives you most control, great for painting details; holding near the end gives you lose strokes.

When Choosing Brushes You Should Consider

Shape – each shape delivers different stroke styles, and a different effect. Learning which shape to use to get the wanted effect is very important, and requires some experimenting. Have fun with it.

Material – Nylon brushes are best to lay flat paint areas, while natural bristles give a more uneven texture.

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Brush Material

Nylon and nylon mix brushes are probably the most commonly used paint brushes today. While it’s possible to use them for any type of paint product, they work best with latex and acrylic-latex paints which are all water-based. Originally, these brushes were made with round ends, but more advanced designs have “flagged ends” which have been roughened or split. This enables them to hold more paint. There are many variations on nylon brushes today, mixing other fibers in with the nylon.

China Bristle

This is sometimes referred to as “natural fiber” because the fibers come from animals. They are available in both white and black fiber. These brushes are best used for oil-based paints and primers. Stains and varnishes, which are also oil-based, work well with these brushes too. I like a white bristle brush for stains and varnishes, because it is easier to see if all the stain or varnish has been cleaned out of the brush.

Polyester

Although polyester is mixed with nylon in some high quality brushes, it doesn’t work well on its own. Typically, you only find pure polyester in cheaper brushes. The fibers tend to be larger and not flagged, so they don’t hold as much paint. I only use polyester brushes when I need a disposable brush such as with caustic chemicals or in a case where the substrate will damage the brush. One such case would be when painting wicker furniture; to effectively get in all the low spots of the weave, one needs to stab at the piece of furniture with the brush, an action which tends to bend the bristles.

Ox-Hair

This is the least common brush material, and the hardest to find. Ox-hair is used only where fine finishing is needed such as in the case of furniture. The soft bristles do better than any other material to avoid a “streaking” effect in varnishes.

The Basics

If you’re using oil-based paint products, use China Bristle and nylon or a nylon mix for water-based paint products. If you want to know which Nylon mixes are considered the best, check out the manufacturer’s web site, or compare the prices of the same sized brush form the same manufacturer.

Brush Shape

These brushes are designed for making cut-in easier. Essentially, the angle on the brush allows you to naturally hold the brush so it easily and naturally flows alongside the trim or other surface you’re to cut into. Angled brushes are used primarily indoors, where cutting into baseboard, window and door frames must be done exactly.

Rectangular Brushes

This is the original and still most common brush shape. Rectangular brushes are predominantly used in places where one needs to cover an area where a roller would be inappropriate, without accurate cutting. A common example of this would be painting exterior trim and fascia board. It could also be used quite effectively to paint interior corners; an area where rollers won’t reach but not needing the finesse of using an angled brush.

Oval Brushes

Oval brushes are a newer design, intended for use anywhere a rectangular brush might be used. Since the oval shape is thicker than a standard rectangle, it will hold more paint. I’ve also found it easier to cut trim with an oval brush.

Brush Size

The size of a brush you need is determined by what you’re working on. The larger the brush, the more paint it holds and thus less time spent dipping your brush in the paint bucket. However, you don’t want your brush to be so big it you’re painting outside the lines. Pick a brush that will fit comfortably in the area you’re painting.

Packaging

Remove Excess Paint

Before using any water or solvent, remove as much paint from the brush by wiping it on the edge of the paint can and brushing it over a scrap piece of wood or newspaper. The more paint you’re able to remove in this manner, the easier it will be to clean it.

Submersion

Submerse the bristles into water or solvent, without submersing the ferrule. Hold the brush with one hand and work the bristles with the other, cleaning the paint out of them. Replace the water or solvent as it becomes clouded, so you can see what you are doing. You’ll probably need to change the solvent a number of times, unless you are working under running water.

Ferrule

Handles are long or short, wood or plastic. Long-handled brushes are classic and allow you to take a farther view to keep your composition in perspective. When you hold your brush toward the end of a long handle, it touches the canvas in a more sensitive way, creating a more lyrical painting. Think of your brush as an extension of your arm and fingertips rather than a writing utensil.

Sable brushes

Sable brushes are soft and can be made from actual weasel hair (yep, sables are a kind of weasel), squirrel, rabbit or synthetic fibers. These soft brushes are perfect for finer details and smoother blending. Do not fear the synthetic brush — many newer ones are excellent.

Oil paint brush shapes

This is like a flat but with rounded sides, so it creates a softer edge and blends better than a flat. My first favorite brushes were Robert Simmons Titanium filberts because they had the coverage, control and blend-ability I was looking for.

Tool Wizard BBQ Brush.

T-Brush. This is a large brass-wire brush that used to be one of my faves until it started shedding bristles. The bristles are not glued in, they are held in by twists in a metal bar connected to the handle. Once one or two fall out, the rest come loose more easily. It is very rare, but there have been choking incidents when bristles on the grate got onto food and were ingested.

Silent compressors are very expensive!

On/off switch is very useful when it comes to quiet work environment. They mostly come together with the compressor.

Also, check our glossary of terms in order to get acquainted with the basic parameters that you should pay attention to when choosing the right compressor.

List of Vegan Makeup Brush Sets

Each of the brands below offers at least one fantastic makeup brush kit that is made from 100% synthetic materials, and is therefore 100% cruelty-free.

You can purchase individual brushes from these companies as well, but we’ve focused on the kits here so you can phase out your animal-hair brush collection.

What We Love

These brushes are vegan and perfect for everyday use. Reviewers noted that they’re high-quality brushes with soft bristles and have an ability to blend makeup perfectly for a beautiful finish. They’re easy to clean, the bristles don’t fall out and come at an affordable price point.

Beginners Essential Watercolor Brushes Sets

Your decision to start learning to paint with watercolors has turned into quite a project. You have lots of excitement about the venture and you have a long list of supplies that you must buy. Among the most important supplies are paints and brushes.

Since you are just starting out you don’t have to buy every single paintbrush there is. You do want to have a good assortment of brushes so you can learn as many techniques as possible and so that you have a wide array of brushes ready in case your inspiration to paint a portrait turns into a still life instead.

The basic brushes you should get can be made of natural bristles or synthetic ones. That choice is up to you. If you are not sure that you are going to stick with painting for long, you might invest in synthetics since they are the least expensive of the two. If you are going all-out on your supply list, you can invest in sable brushes which are the most expensive, high-quality natural bristle brushes available.

Begin With Synthetic Paintbrushes

Before you buy your paintbrushes, you can consult with your art teacher or instructor for advice on exactly what to get if you only want to get the bare minimum. You will generally want to have one round brushes, an angled flat brush, a large flat brush, one or two Filberts and a fan brush. Fan brushes are used later on in lessons as there is a specific technique you will learn before you master its use, but you can have one on hand just to be ready.

When you being using masking fluid you also want to have a special brush to apply it to your canvas. This can be an old brush or you can buy a special silicone brush which is made just for applying masking fluid.

If you make a mistake during your watercolor lessons – and even the masters make them from time to time – you may also want to have an extra brush for removing those mistakes. You can either find another old, stiff brush for this purpose. Or, you could buy an inexpensive round brush and cut the bristles down to help make them as stiff as possible.

Your art instructor or teacher can guide you more on buying essential beginner’s brushes. You can always add new brushes to your collection as you progress. Make sure to check the bundle offer and see how it fits your needs.

The problem with cheap brushes

I mean it. Every time you are done painting for the day, go to the sink and clean them with hot water. You see that dried paint by the end of the brush just before the metal part? Get it off! If you get paint in there and it dries, it would make the brush split and be useless for details. Se that paint inside the brush? Get it out! The drying paint inside will quickly ruin the hair on your brush. The reason GW brushes go bad so quickly is because they use mediocre material. If you want them to last, you have to take extra good care of them.

It is hard to clean your brushes thoroughly with only water and your nails. Be careful that you are not fucking up the hair yourself by being too rough. I treat my brushes like a fine, sexy lady. You ever had a girlfriend? (sure, I believe you..). You ever saw what your girlfriend did to her hair? You know that weird smelly stuff ladies use in it. Yeah, that stuff actually works. The good news is: you can get something similar for your brushes! It makes the hair much smoother and makes it last longer.

Pigment

Blending

With both techniques this brand blends very nicely. The blending is clean and seamless.

Shading

A shade refers to a color + black. In the example below, increasing amounts of Ivory Black are added to Permanent Green to create the values. Black paint is usually very strong, and this brand is no exception. The paint mixes well with no issue to create shades.

Acrylic Paints

Acrylic paints are now probably the most popular type of paint used by modellers in the modelling world; the paint can be easily applied using a brush or airbrush. Acrylic paints tend to be safer than other types; the drying time is also far quicker allowing models to be painted in hours rather than days.

Acrylic paints were traditionally used by artists however specific ranges were introduced for modellers in small pots; they are generally low odour and low toxicity in nature. The paint can also be thinned with water or alcohol, this also allow for easier cleaning of an airbrush.

There are a number of different brands of paint and all give good results, Tamiya paints are one of the widest ranges of acrylic paints, and are popular with most modellers. Revell and Humbrol also have ranges of acrylic paints aimed at the modeller. Xtracrylix are a UK company that produce paints covering R.A.F., Luftwaffe, Russian and American air forces in both modern and WWII eras.

The paints should be thinned if using an airbrush; the ratio can vary depending on the application however a 50:50 mix with the manufacturers own brand thinner, should be suitable for most airbrushing needs.

Lacquer Paints

Lacquer paint is very different from acrylic and enamel paints. Although it is highly toxic with a very strong smell and very flammable, it is also hard, durable and very shiny.

The shiny hard wearing coat is ideal for natural metal finishes and aircraft; it is also very popular with auto modellers giving cars that new fresh factory look. Radio control enthusiasts also make use of this hardwearing shiny paint with models which need to survive the real world knocks and bumps.

One of the most popular ranges of metallic lacquers is made by Alclad, these lacquers paints are applied to the surface of the model using an airbrush the room should also be very well ventilated area and with a protective mask. Alclad also supply an airbrush cleaner, this is highly recommended if you value your airbrush.

Whatever type of paint you are using you should wear a good respirator in a well-ventilated room when airbrushing.

Oil Paint

When it comes to preserving artworks, oil paintings are known to change color over time due to the influence of light. In the case of oil paintings, when they are not exposed to light for a longer period (i.e. weeks or months) the (linseed) oil may start to darken. Exposing the painting to light again should revert this.

Acrylic Paint

Acrylic paint is one of the most common and most cost-effective paints used by artists. It attaches to most bases (wood, canvas, metal..) and as opposed to oil paint, acrylic paint dries very fast. The substance that embeds the colour pigments is a water based acryl emulsion. So, where oil paint is based on oil, acrylic paint is based on water. When the paint dries (usually a bit darker than it initially seems), the water evaporates and the paint that is left is much less vulnerable and prone to influence from humidity, temperature and light than oil paintings. When the water has evaporated, the layer of paint is not solvable in water anymore, so you need to rinse your brushes very well or they will become stiff with paint. Depending on how much water is added to the solution, acrylic paint can either resemble watercolour or oil paintings.

Probably the most famous artist that used acrylic paint often was Andy Warhol. He is famous for his pop art works and one of his most remarkable pieces is the below Marylin Dyptich.

Ink paintings

In the types of paint, ink is not them most used one. But, painting with ink is definitely that you see more often these days. You will see this style a lot on visual social media such as pinterest or instagram. Ink painting is a technique from East-Asia and was used for calligraphy. The calligraphy masters would train years and years to make the perfect strokes. Artists use black ink not only to reproduce the topic of the ink artwork, but to capture its spirit. Artist can use apply more or less pressure on their brushes to make darker or lighter strokes. These days, we see a large variety in colored inks.

Drylok EConcrete Floor Paint

A number of bloggers recommend drylok Epaints for concrete floors, especially if you are using it to paint your garage.

Where to Apply Concrete Paint

Concrete paint is often used on garage floors to keep the garage looking cleaner and brighter. Painted concrete floors track less dirt, can be made to be non-skid, allow for easy clean up of spills, and freshen up your garage.

In addition to garage floors, exterior concrete paint can be used on any concrete surface found outdoors.

Like garage concrete paint, exterior concrete paint can be purchased in a variety of colors and with or without additives.

How to Paint Concrete floors

Learning how to paint concrete floors is not very difficult, but it does take some time and elbow grease to get the job done.

If you are interesting in using concrete paints to spruce up your garage, patio, concrete paving blocks, or other concrete surfaces, there are a few steps you need to take to get the job done properly. Here’s a brief rundown of the steps needed when painting concrete floors, walls or other surfaces: cracks in the concrete surface to be painted, repair the areas with concrete patch and make sure you let it dry sufficiently before painting. concrete surface is thoroughly clean prior to painting. If painting a concrete floor, make sure there is no grease, oil or water on the surface.

Check that the concrete surface doesn’t allow moisture penetration. If there is any moisture that comes through the concrete surface, you may need to use a concrete sealer to seal the surface prior to painting. To test this, tape plastic down on the concrete with an airtight seal all the way around and leave it for a day or so. If any condensation forms under the plastic, then you need to first seal the concrete prior to painting.

After sealing the concrete (or if it’s already sealed), then apply a concrete primer and allow to thoroughly dry. It is best to use a concrete paint sealer that is made for use with the concrete paint you are using.

The next step is to apply the concrete paint. This should be applied in a number of thin layers, allowing each coat to dry fully between coats, until full coverage is achieved. Concrete paint can be rolled on, sprayed on, or brushed on.

Once the concrete is completely painted, a concrete paint sealer should be applied to protect the finish and add longevity to your paint job. Apply a coat or two of concrete paint sealer, allowing each coat to thoroughly dry.

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Every unfinished surface—including wood, drywall, metal, and concrete—should be primed before painting. While it can be tempting to skip this step, the results are almost always disappointing. Paint applied to unprimed surfaces tends to peel, crack, and chalk more than paint applied to properly primed surfaces.

While it used to be necessary to apply oil-based primers over oil-based paint and latex primers over latex paints, many primers today allow you to switch between them as long as you prepare the surface properly. When painting over interior oil-based woodwork with latex, be sure to sand or degloss the surface first, then paint with a bonding primer before topcoating with latex.

At first glance applying primer may seem like an unnecessary expense, but it actually saves money as well as time. A good coat of primer improves paint’s hide, or ability to cover, reducing the number of coats that are necessary to achieve a smooth finish. Primers can be tinted to match the paint color. Tinting improves the primer’s hide and smoothes the transition between primer and topcoat.

Oil Primers

These slow drying primers release volatile organic compounds in the air and require mineral spirits for cleanup and thinning. They produce a very smooth finish that does the best job of filling pores in bare wood while not raising the grain. Oil primers also provide a good barrier to keep tannins from certain woods from bleeding through.

Latex primers

These fast drying, water-soluble primers have come along way in recent years and are now available in low and no-VOC formulas. Latex primers are not as brittle as their oil or shellac-based cousins and provide a more flexible finish that is resistant to cracking. This makes them suitable for priming bare softwoods, though test them first to see if they raise the grain or allow resin to bleed through.

Latex primers are the best choice for unfinished drywall, since they act to even out the texture and sheen between the wallboard and joint compound. They also allow water vapor to pass through, which can make them less likely to peel.

 

 

 

 

 

Final Word

First of all thanks for reading my article to the end! I hope you find my reviews listed here useful and that it allows you to make a proper comparison of what is best to fit your needs and budget. Don’t be afraid to try more than one product if your first pick doesn’t do the trick.

Most important, have fun and choose your oil paints wisely! Good luck!

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