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I have bought some from Esoteric in the past but wasn't sure of the status of the business since the passing of Rick. Could someone shed some light on this for me. Whether I can get it from them or is there some place on the east coast. Thanks in advance!
-------------------- Rob Larkham Sign Techniques Inc. Chicopee, Ma Posts: 607 | From: Chester, Ma. | Registered: Apr 2002
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Hi Folks Canadian Signcrafters will always keep carrying all the necessary esoteric essentials including Smiths Cream Sorry couldn't resist Pete just got off the phone with Lola had a great long conversation with her. She's had some health issues but is back home and seems to be doing better.
-------------------- Pete Payne Willowlake Design/Canadian Signcrafters Bayfield, ON
Years ago, I saw a billboard artist's collection of pigments. I'm thinking they were like a 1qt can of artist's pigment. They weren't enamel, just color.
I guess in oil painting you use a medium mixed with pigment. What I'm wondering is if billboard illustration is just a bigger version of oil painting, with outdoor pigments and Smith's cream as the medium.
When I first heard about Smith's cream, I was told it was for slowing down the drying time of lettering enamels, but now I'm thinking that might not be entirely correct.
Any comments? Thanks.
-------------------- James Donahue Donahue Sign Arts 1851 E. Union Valley Rd. Seymour TN. (865) 577-3365 brushman@nxs.net
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what's for lunch, Benjamin Franklin Posts: 2057 | From: 1033 W. Union Valley Rd. | Registered: Feb 2003
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James You are right about the cream slowing down the drying time for better pictorials using enamels. Your confusion might be than the pigment powder was mixed with clear varnish as the vehicle.
Hope this helps
-------------------- PKing is Pat King The Professor of SIGNOLOGY Posts: 3113 | From: Pompano Beach, FL. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Back when I was growing up, I remember there being cans of Pratt & Lambert colors. This was before Kem bulletin colors and synthetic enamel. These colors were oil paint, thick in the can. First you mixed in some linseed oil to thin out the paste, then you added some varnish, usually spar, then turpentine to thin on down to brush consistancy, if needed. Drier was added on the job, according to what you were painting. Walls such as brick, were almost all oil color and linseed oil, with just a little varnish. Very slow drying. I think that's why some of the old walls lasted so long. Kind of like fine art oil paintings. I never heard of Smith's Cream 'till much later on. When blending a pictorial, your paint mix just had more linseed oil to slow it down. We always had the boiled variety of oil. I believe those cans of color were sold by the pound, like a 2 or a 5 lb can. They were the size of quarts, but I sure can't remember the weight of a can.
-------------------- Jeff Ogden 8727 NE 68 Terr. Gainesville FL, 32609 Posts: 2138 | From: 8827 NE 68 Terr Gainesville Fl 32609 | Registered: Aug 2002
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