Lacquer-based pigment

Oil-Based Pigments, Continued Substrates (Continued) MASONITE: Masonite is a wood fiber pressed board commonly available in hardware stores. Use untempered masonite. Tempered masonite contains oil providing an unsuitable foundation on which oil-based paints cannot adhere. There are two sides to a masonite board. One side of masonite is smooth and the other side of masonite has a wire mesh texture. Select the side of masonite textured to suit your needs. Large masonite panels may need stretchers to prevent warping and buckling. Size masonite with rabbitskin glue before applying a gesso ground. WOOD PANELS: Wood panels are surfaces to paint on made from wood. Size and ground wood panel boards as you would masonite. METAL: Sometimes you may have to paint on metal surfaces. Lightly abrade the surface with a fine grade steel wool before priming. Oil-based pigments painted over metal will take longer to dry than over canvas or wood. Lacquer-based pigment Lacquer-based paints are paints suspended in lacquer solvent. They are common paints available as household or shipboard cans and pressurized cans of paint. If the only paint available is lacquer-based paint, be sure to clean your brushes immediately after use with lacquer thinner or mineral spirits. Remove the solvent residue by washing brushes in mild soap and water. Enamel-based pigment Enamel-based paints are also common household or shipboard paints. Enamel paints are available in cans and pressurized cans. If enamel-based paints are the only paint available to you, be sure to throughly clean the brushes in mineral spirits before washing them in mild soap and water. Lacquer-and enamel-based pigments If you must use lacquer- and enamel-based pigments on the same project, do not apply lacquer-based paint over an enamel paint. The lacquer-based paint curdles enamel-based paint and may immediately peel it from the substrate. Continued on next page 1-50