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Making painting more environmental friendly

6/27/2014

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A lot of colors and liquids are toxic both for people and the environment. I know I am not perfect, but at least I try to find substitutes. Here are some of the things I do. I think I've mentioned all of them before in separate blog posts but I thought it to be a good idea to bring it up again. I welcome all other pieces of advise, so if you have any, please comment or email me! 

* Cadmiums are toxic. Instead of using cadmium yellow, I've used azo yellow ever since the beginning. In London I also bought a "primary cadmium yellow imit". Imit means imitation =not real cadmium.  If the tube says "cadmium hue" it aint real cadmium either and therefore a good purchasing choice.  Be aware of other heavy metals used in oil colors, like cobalt in cobalt blue (I have a cobalt blue imit). 

*I don't use thinner. I use something called "Grumme" in Swedish, and also a brush wash I bought online called Zest-it. I saw they had it at the gigantic artist store Atlantis in Brick Lane London too. Zest-it is a natural citrus based brush wash.

*Eco-friendly paper. Unfortunately I have no knowledge of where to find eco-friendly acrylic or oil paper. My acrylic paper is labelled "acid-free" but it doesn't have an eco-label. At least, my postcards are printed on an EU eco-certified paper.
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