Air Purifiers

[Claudemir Bonfim]

Originally Posted by Marvin Mattelson

I use a purifier made by Austin Air. I mainly use it to eliminate dust even though it would also purify the air of fumes. But there are no fumes in my studio because I paint without solvents except for one drop of turpentine which I use in my underpainting mixture.

I have no solvent cup on my palette while I'm painting nor any open jars to clean the paint off of my brushes. I clean dirty brushes at the end of the day with Safflower Oil which I get from Utrecht, followed by Jack's Linseed Oil soap. I also use a little Gamsol to take the paint off of my palette at days end.

Solvents are dangerous and not necessary.

Cool hint.

I use odorless mineral spirits to clean my brushes, but I'm gonna give it a try.

[Marvin Mattelson]

Odorless doesn't mean toxic-less. ;-) The fact that the odor is camouflaged doesn't mean it's harmless. In fact, it's more dangerous because you don't realize you're inhaling fumes.

[Julie Deane]

I use no solvents either and if Gamsol has to be used, the windows are open and the fan is on. And the item with the Gamsol is in the outside trash asap.

I just looked up Oleogel and I'm curious about using it to oil out paintings. What are the advantages?

[Marvin Mattelson]

Sometimes the linseed oil beads up. The Oleogel doesn't, and covers more evenly. Try it; you'll like it.