tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post7026063211109868743..comments2024-03-26T11:47:07.063+00:00Comments on BigLee's 'Miniature Adventures': Plain old WaterBigLeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-558802736448575532010-07-16T20:14:32.225+01:002010-07-16T20:14:32.225+01:00Even if there is no Hard Evidence for using boiled...Even if there is no Hard Evidence for using boiled, distilled or even bottled water. Common sense says that washes in particular would benefit from non-tap water.<br /><br />Some years ago I was enrolled in a Water Colour painting course. We would use huge pots of tap water (Worcester area) and I would add flow improver. The teacher had never heard of such a thing! And I was told so in no uncertain terms.<br /><br />However by the end of the course, about 50% were using flow improver - my flow improver!<br /><br />Tony<br />http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/<br /><br />PS.<br />I've enjoyed the thread and comments, well done to all.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167770417289351340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-87896219260681893432010-07-15T16:52:23.784+01:002010-07-15T16:52:23.784+01:00Having lived and painted in an area that had soft ...Having lived and painted in an area that had soft water for 15 years, when I moved to an area that had hard tap water I definitely noticed a difference in the behavior of the paint when I thinned it. After I noticed calcium and iron deposits building up in sinks, i started searching around on the web and found the tip on distilled water and I've been using it with good results ever since.DiGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963914615922783864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-79796751409407394852010-07-13T19:04:38.748+01:002010-07-13T19:04:38.748+01:00I'll have you know there is no "crud"...I'll have you know there is no "crud" on my pallet! (LoL)<br /><br />I'm sceptical about the 'benefits' but at £1.50 for a 1 litre bottle I don't consider it a particularly extravagant waste of money. The painter who gave me this 'tip' was quite adamant about the benefits, but as I mentioned in my post he was vague on detail. Having said that he'd been painting for over 30 years and the standard of his work was very high indeed, so I decided he probably knew a few things I didn't. <br /><br />Personally I can't see a difference in my results but certainly using Distilled water instead of tap water hasn't done any harm. <br /><br />Thanks for all your feedback guys. It's always interesting to look at some of these "old painters tales" to see what other people do.BigLeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00960213980906190335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-7168332913852242272010-07-13T16:43:51.008+01:002010-07-13T16:43:51.008+01:00I'd be amazed if any paint manufacturer used d...I'd be amazed if any paint manufacturer used distilled water in the manufacture of thier paints in the first place. Add to that the purity of the raw materials used to make the pigments and the amount of crud on your average painters pallet that the 'tap water' would make exactly jack difference - IMHO.<br />Get you Mrs/mates to make up two samples for you blind so you don't know which is tap and which is your bottled distilled/purified/other water. Paint away and then you make the judgement if you can tell the difference. It's your cash.Bretnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-56614887539128040642010-07-13T00:54:04.747+01:002010-07-13T00:54:04.747+01:00Our water here in the Mojave Desert is even harder...Our water here in the Mojave Desert is even harder than London water (I'll drink either, in a pinch!). We always have a few gallons of bottled water in the garage: for making ice, for filling the fish tank, and for painting. Having seen what builds up in the shower and in the taps, I just don't want that going on my figures!<br /><br />The least expensive distilled water here is from Wal-Mart, but they're stocking less of it; so we've gone to "purified' water, which has been through a reverse osmosis process, and is quite pure.Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914677651178590393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-9499091789564555392010-07-12T16:27:24.600+01:002010-07-12T16:27:24.600+01:00I use boiled water for my paint cleaning pots, not...I use boiled water for my paint cleaning pots, not hot water - just water that has been boiled. I also add a tiny drop of either washing up liquid or flow improver.<br /><br />When I use Klear (or Future) washes, or GW washes for that matter - I have a bottle of distilled water in the workroom which I use.<br /><br />I am never sure of the actual worth, but now it's habit! I would be very surprised if any UK water was 'bad' for painting, It's just that boiled water, filtered water and distilled, must by definition be better - I think.<br /><br />Tony<br />http://dampfpanzerwagon.blogspot.com/Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06167770417289351340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1298399641711237003.post-36105631102781248542010-07-12T10:52:22.385+01:002010-07-12T10:52:22.385+01:00I use tap water(15.2 dH just above average hard wa...I use tap water(15.2 dH just above average hard water). So far i have nothing to complain. It didn't give me any problems.Heinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02261376886454388722noreply@blogger.com