Uulki Flemish Linseed Stand Oil for making a glazing or painting medium
Uulki Flemish Linseed Stand Oil is created by heating pure refined linseed oil to a polymerized thickened linseed oil. This makes the oil perfect as a glazing (when mixed with a diluent or solvent) or painting medium. Thanks to its high viscosity, the refined linseed oil for oil painting is used by painters to adapt the drying time, consistency and finish of their painting.
Increases the gloss and leaves an enamel-like finish
Uulki Flemish Linseed Stand Oil greatly increases the gloss and transparency of a painting. Moreover, the oil leaves a smooth enamel finish. This is an excellent refined linseed oil for oil painting.
Colour retention and less brush marks with Uulki Flemish Linseed Stand Oil
Uulki stand oil medium eliminates brush marks and does not influence the color of a pigment.
This refined linseed oil for oil painting leaves a durable elastic film thanks to its slow drying time
Uulki Flemish Linseed Stand Oil has a slower drying time than normal linseed oil. It takes about a week to be dry to the touch, though it’ll remain tacky for some time. By using a stand oil medium, your oil paint will be tougher and it will keep the skin of your painting from cracking as it dries.
How to use Uulki Linseed Stand Oil?
First create your medium, by diluting Uulki linseed stand oil to the desired viscosity with a solvent (1:2), for example with Uulki Pure Solvent or another (natural) solvent. Glass containers with a tight screw on cap work best to put it in. Now mix your medium with paint on your palette or dip your brush in the stand oil medium whenever you’re mixing colors or working with thicker, more opaque paint. Keep the container sealed and the refined linseed oil for oil painting medium will last quite a while. Caution: always dry used rags flat to prevent the small possibility of spontaneous combustion.
Manufactured in Flanders, traditionally a major center of the linseed industry
Flanders, the northern part of Belgium, has long tradition in the linseed or flax industry. Linseed or flax seeds have been grown and processed in Flanders since several centuries to produce linseed oil and linen. Uulki linseed stand oil takes part in this tradition by introducing Flemish flax seed oil to painters.
Why use a stand oil?
Stand oil in oil painting medium is also known as a drying oil to remind us that different types of stand oils have different drying times and properties. Wen you mix a stand oil with paint, you will alter the properties of the paint by modifying the drying time or making the paint thinner. A good stand oil is colorless and does not influence the color of a pigment. As a painter it’s important to learn the properties and effect of the stand oil you are using in order to obtain the desired result. This refined linseed oil for oil painting helps you achieve the perfect painting.
