Though the term is used interchangeably with oil-based paints for most practical purposes, alkyd paints are actually not oil-based but alkyd resins mixed in some sort of thinner. When most people ...

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Pearl Paint on New York's Canal Street is an artist's dream. Five stories of two side-by side brownstones chock full of arts supplies. One floor devoted to paper alone. There other great places in New ...