Oiling Out and Varnishing Your Oil Paintings (For FAST Shipping)

[@pascalemanjot5410]

Very useful! Thanks for sharing this with us👏🏻🙏🏻

[@sarahhallidayart]

no problem 😀

[@pradeepjhuboo9458]

Thank you so much...valuable advice! I've been painting for over 35 years on canvas and boards. I am an advocate of painting on wooden panels and would love to see this surface come to the fore again and get its proper recognition. The problem of sinking is not of much concern once the surface is well primed . Remember the old masters too painted on boards as well !

[@sarahhallidayart]

I don't get so many issues with panels I have prepared, sized and primed myself but on the shop bought ones (even with an extra layer of primer) I get sinking in issues. I guess there's a lesson in that for me to do them always myself 😀

[@mjrewerts]

This was very helpful! Thank you 😊

[@angelomariano9494]

Thanks. I used wax paper,instead of glacine.

[@jaym3064]

There’s no need to add Gamsol. Refined linseed oil is fine on its own to oil out.

[@sarahhallidayart]

I always adjust according to how bad my sinking in is and I have on occasions used only linseed oil. But yes, you definitely can just use linseed oil but it takes longer to dry the more linseed oil there is in the mix. If I need to get the varnish on to the painting quickly it's not always possible just to do it with linseed oil. 😀

[@GerdaVanDamme]

Can the varnish be applied 24 hours after the oiling out if you do it the way you describe? Or is it better to take one or two days of reserve? So the whole process takes 48 hours between start of oiling out and packing the painting? Did you ever try mixing the oiling out medium with Liquin and what are your experiences? My painting was done using Liquid. I am in a time rush at this moment myself so this is very useful information.

[@sarahhallidayart]

I use linseed oil because I am more likely to use that as a medium in the painting process. You can varnish with Gamvar as soon as the oiling out is dry. I do not use Linquin in my process so cannot comment but I do know artists who do and have used this medium to oil out their paintings. I do not know if they mixed it with any other medium though. I hope this helps.

[@GerdaVanDamme]

Thanks for your answer. I have to ship my work in 6 days. ​In that cause would I still have time to do it with linseed oil or netter just ship without oiling out? I'm afraid with the linseed oil it couldn't be dry in time but also afraid to add liquin to that for the top layer... @@sarahhallidayart

[@sarahhallidayart]

@@GerdaVanDamme I use 1 part linseed oil and 1 part gamsol and put it under a radiator. If you use too much linseed oil in this consistency it won't be dry. It needs to be 1:1. I find this dries in a couple of days. Then I varnish with Gamvar which is dry in 24 hours. Do you have the opportunity to try this out first on a painting that is not time critical? If you have 6 days you have time to try it out first on a different painting perhaps?

[@GerdaVanDamme]

@@sarahhallidayart Thanks for your repy! I finally put more like 2/3 sanodor (something like gamsol) and 1/3 linseed oil, and then I added some Liquin into that (more or less 10% of the whole I think). It worked perfectly (good effect) and dried in time, but I didn't varnish as that would have added too much shine I think, and it was fine as it was. It perfectly survived the transportation also and is now exhibited in Venice Arsenale Nord at the Arte Laguna Prize exhibition!