solvents

Why do painters still use turpentine and thinner when we now have the perfect alternative: isoparaffine solvent. Odourless solvent (100% isoparaffine) is completely harmless. I never use turpentine. It's appalling! Isoparaffine is used in the food industry and for open wound care. It does...

Hello. I paint abstracts and I want to experiment with using chemicals and/or solvents with my paintings. Does anyone have a suggestion of what I can use? Some ideas I had were to do an under painting and then come back with some sort of chemical that would either remove the paint or make it...