Comments on: Studio safety and oil painting

By: David

David — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:26 +0000

Dawn,

I would not recommend asking questions like these of people on the internet you've never met. For all you know, I am a clueless idiot who would tell you exactly the wrong thing.

As it is, I will say that I have no idea. I would suggest you speak with a veterinarian. Sorry but this is not the kind of advice I have any business trying to provide.

Best of luck,

David

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:24:05 +0000

Hi: Our puppy accidentally chewed a tube of Windsor Newton Ivory Black. He didn’t get all of it but he did get some.
Is it poisonus?
I wiped his mouth with a wet washrag. Is there anything else I should do?
He got it off of the table that is much taller than he is. Maybe the cat knocked it off for him.
Thanks for an answer as we are wrecks now,
Dawn

By: David

David — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:48:06 +0000

Jamie,

My pleasure. Glad you found it helpful.

Please make sure your sister knows to take anything found on the internet with a grain of salt, including here. There are lots of "experts" who don't know what they are talking about.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:22:07 +0000

Thanks for the information on oil painting and the safety behind it. My sister is actually studying this so I will be sending her over this article. I find it very interesting, so I can imagine what she will think about it.

Thanks for the cool information

-Jamie

By: tony westbrook

tony westbrook — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 09:49:55 +0000

reading VanGogh: ' I sacrifice my life for it' That may be the definitive comment on painting. as it can be dangerous both physically and mentally. But you do what you love doing, so don't worry, be happy with the alchemy.

By: BASHEER KALATHIL

BASHEER KALATHIL — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:06:49 +0000

Thank you for giving helpful information the safety procedure of oil painting . Being a safety officer it is very vlueble to my profession !

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:09:03 +0000

Do not paint with your fingers directly. The heavy elements within the paints can over time be absorbed into your skin (which is in fact a semi-permeable layer, but certainly no sponge) and have adverse effects on your body. Of course this is all over time, nothing immediate will occur except for some allergic reactions, if at all. Please, if you want to actually live to be 90 do NOT paint with your fingers directly! Even if using acrylics it’s not the best idea, there are trace amounts of ammonia and formaldehyde released when the paint dries, and the cadmiums, chromiums, etc. can and still will be absorbed with over exposure.

Do NOT paint with your skin directly!

By: David

David — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:37:12 +0000

Terri,

I have no idea. I think you should call a veterinarian right now.

By: Terri

Terri — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:57:47 +0000

So my cat sits likes to sit on the rafters in the area that is where I paint and she watches me paint almost every day. Today she must have gotten curious because she jumped right on top of the palate and immediately back off when she landed in the sqiushy oil paint. I have had this cat and this hobby for years and this is the first time it has happened. She is an all white cat that now has one ivory black paw and one sap green paw. I'm very worried about her because I know i cant stop her from licking it and the color stuck very well to her white fur. Should I try to get her to drink milk like they do for kids in poison control? How toxic are these paints? the black tube says it was made with linseed oil and charred animal bone carbon. the green says phtaloyanine green pg7, arylamide yellow gxpy73, and trans red iron oxide pr101

By: leonard pinto

leonard pinto — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:13:35 +0000

I have been painting using oil paints mfg. by camlin India & sometimes by Winsor & Newton for the last 12 years. In the last four years I have noticed feeling sick in the stomach, a feeling of wind accumulating an unwell for a few days. This is not a coincidence and I quite sure about it. I reduced painting and now paint occassionally. I ask for your advice because I am very careful not to suck on the brush or stain my fingers with paint. I use a cloth to squeeze out the paints and I usually work with paint without diluting. rgds. Leonard pinto mobile number 91 96320 98413