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Some suggestions on using oil paints safely.
Use ventilation.
If you don’t have a professional ventilation system you can open two windows on opposite ends of the room and have a fan directing fumes away from where you work.
DON’T PAINT WITH OILS IN THE SAME SPACE WHERE YOU SLEEP. Work in a separate space where you can close the door.
If this is your only option, please switch to acrylics for the health and safety of the people and animals who you live with.
Plants can improve air quality. Research about which plants are known to be the best air cleaners.
Acrylics have small amounts of ammonia and formaldehyde that are used as a preservative to keep paint from molding or otherwise spoiling.
You can also purchase an air purifier to leave running when you are not in the space.
Do not leave open containers of solvents.
Keep solvents covered at all times. Only open the container when you are dipping your brush.
Story of how I got an immune disorder similar to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Some doctors explain that your immune system is like a cup that eventually overflows when your body can no longer handle the amount of toxins you are being exposed to on a daily basis.
Do what you can to protect yourself.
Solvents are the volatile compounds which are neurotoxins. Solvents are in mediums but not generally in the paints themselves.
If you can avoid using solvents and mediums you can limit your exposure.
Some people clean up with vegetable oil or mineral oil.
Clean up
Solvents can carrier toxic pigments in oils through the skin. This doesn’t happen with acrylics as the pigments are bound up in acrylic polymer molecules too large to pass through the skin.
Every person’s body is different. The toxins one person may be able to handle might be dangerous to another person’s health.
Choose your favorite medium. Read up on health and safety.
Take all the precautions you can.
Even if you in your teens and 20s! You can never start too early.
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