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2. Oil paint - Wikipedia

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   Oil-based paints made their way to Europe by the 12th century and were used for simple decoration, but oil painting did not begin to be adopted as an artistic medium there until the early 15th century. Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in buildings and exposed metal structures such as ships and ...

3. Rust-Oleum - Wikipedia

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   Rust-Oleum is a manufacturer of protective paints and coatings for home and industrial use. It was founded in 1921 by Robert Fergusson, a sea captain, after he noticed that fish oil spilled on rusty metal decks stopped corrosion from spreading. He soon incorporated whale oil into the formula, although many changes have been made over the years.

4. Enamel paint - Wikipedia

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   Some enamel paints have been made by adding varnish to oil-based paint. Although "enamels" and "painted enamel" in art normally refer to vitreous enamel, in the 20th century some artists used commercial enamel paints in art, including Pablo Picasso (mixing it with oil paint), Hermann-Paul, Jackson Pollock, and Sidney Nolan.

5. Lead paint - Wikipedia

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   Lead paint in art Oil paints. In art, white lead paint is known as flake white or Cremnitz white. It is valued for the ease of handling and resilience the lead confers to oil paints. Lead white paint dries relatively quickly to form a strong, flexible paint film. Lead-based white is one of the oldest manufactured pigments.

6. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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   Oil painting. Mona Lisa was created by Leonardo da Vinci using oil paints during the Renaissance period in the 15th century. Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas, wood panel or copper ...

7. Primer (paint) - Wikipedia

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   Primer (paint) A water-based primer, used primarily on wood. A primer ( / ˈpraɪmər /) or undercoat is a preparatory coating put on materials before painting. Priming ensures better adhesion of paint to the surface, increases paint durability, and provides additional protection for the material being painted. [1]