HI,
I mentioned to Porkchop (Nate) and JPeiper (Keith) that I use a drying box to speed the drying time of my oil paints and that ,as an added bonud, they dried flatter. They asked me to explain the box and, since a picture is worth a thousand words...
Here is a picture with the door open:



And here is one with the door closed.


I had mentioned that I just changed to a larger box and a higher wattage bulb (from 40W to 60W). The higher wattage speeds the drying time even more and the larger box lets me move the figures farther away from the heat source. Now my oils dry usually in in 12 hours or less.
I got this idea from Shep Paines figure painting class. He says you can use a cardboard box but I wasn't comfortable with this. I kept having visions of the cardboard igniting thru the night :I. So I made mine out of plywood. This box also doubles as a transport case for my models.
If you have any questions about it, feel free to ask.
Thanks,

Mongo:
Did you know they make a dryer additive you mix with your oils to speed up drying time. You can buy it where you buy your oil paints.

Good tip Craig. Another idea is to place your oils on some cardboard while you paint with them. The oils soak into the cardboard leaving more pigment tahn oils. Every time my department gets a new name, or I have a new telephone number I get a new set of buisness cards ... so all the older ones are saved for this!

HI guys,
Whiterook....I use a drying agent, but only for my printers inks. They won't dry on their own so you need to mix them into an oil paint and add the drying agent to them.
Plasticbottle...I'll do that same thing when the oil paint comes out of the tube too wet. But I need all the working time I can get from my oils because I paint pretty slowly
Thanks for the tips guys

Craig-

Thanks for taking the time to post these pics. I think this will be this Saturday's project.
And, I see Herr Marshall von Bulow is enjoying his tan.

Keith

Mongo:
I had a oil painting class in college and used the dryer all the time, it worked great in no time at all.

Hey Whiterook,
You've got me curious now
Does the dryer have any other effect on the oil paint? When I use it for my printers ink it thins it out a bit, depending on how much I add. And does it change the either the intensity of the color or cause it to dry flatter or glossier?
Thanks