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Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour is a genuine oil colour made from pigment and oil modified alkyd resin which can be thinned using conventional oil colour solvents. It is this unique formulation which allows Girffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour to dry quicker than most oil colours but slower than acrylics.
The oil modified alkyd resin binder includes a solvent which is necessary to control the drying rate and consistency of the colour. This enhances the transparency and luminosity of Griffin Alkyd Colour. The binder used also produces a more fluid consistency than traditional oils.
With this range the artist can enjoy all the benefits of using a conventional oil colour together with the convenience of completing a painting which is touch dry within a day.

Speed of Drying
The most outstanding advantage of Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour is the speed of drying. Depending upon your technique, you will be able to complete a picture in a fraction of the time required for a traditional oil painting.  The best examples are glazing and impasto which normally take weeks to complete and dry.
All Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colours have been specially formulated to dry at a uniform speed, regardless of pigment, making them easier to use.
Griffin Alkyd Fast Drying Oil Colour tends to remain workable on the palette for 4-8 hours yet is touch dry in 18-24 hours.
However, te drying time will be affected bhye the thickness of the paint and the temperature of the environment.
Speed of drying makes Griffin Alkyd Colour ideal for using a college, art school or in art society environments and also for examinations, painting outdoors or on holiday.

Griffin Oil Colour Chart 1

Griffin Oil Colour Chart 2