As an art education student, this has been an EXCELLENT resource for me to study for Praxis. My art classes never went super in depth with how to properly dispose of and store materials (the one I took only touched on oil briefly) and this video makes a ton more sense. Excellent video and great job!

I subscribed to your channel I think two months ago. I never regret it. I'm always learning something from you. You're magnificent :)

Hi Jason! I've been going thru your wonderful videos. This one may be the MOST important of them all. We need to respect our tools, whether they be artistic or functional. I have seen the results of spontaneous combustion. A historic house two doors away burned in the middle of the night because the owner had rags from furniture refinishing stored in an upstairs room. Keep up your good work. You are an excellent teacher who understands the struggles of novices such as I.

Safety, excellent subject. linseed oil has been a big threat to me ever since my next door neighbors garage burned down from linseed rags.

I love your videos. Thanks for taking the time to share them with us.

I just got oil paints for Christmas after only painting with acrylics. There's so much I didn't know. Thank you for this!

Fantastic. Great info that sorted out a lot of my concerns. And, you are a very articulate fellow.

yes just recently found out about the Gloves in a Bottle at my local drugstore...really great stuff...takes some getting use to the effect....The artists soap is just a good quality French or Lebanese olive oil soap...which you can buy a little cheaper....thanks...Lee Valley Tools have a really good nylon brush scrubber that are easy on skin and just .Be careful with the turpentines...they are not good health wise...Ventilation is definitely important. Thanks

Unfortunately now we are in 2019 the EU is very busy having these paints removed from the market. Worrisome for all the genuine artists and those that are cautious.

It pays to purchase additional rubber seals with the thinners jar. The rubber seals do eventually break down over a period of time.

Thank you very much for the recommendations of gloves in a bottle and masters soap. While I do not work in oils and pastels this is a great safety video. It's a great check list of what I do and don't use in my work space. I use gamsol to blend colored pencils and had not thought of air circulation. Thanks again.

I always thought it to be a strange way of looking at the odorless use of it. You cannot smell it, but still breath it in.

Where are you Jason...please do more videos. I miss your high standard teaching 🙏

great video jason.....i use paper towels to clean my brushes and other stuff......i NEVER keep oily rags in my studio....cause im a smoker so i gotta be very careful.

I use Viva Paper towels. They are very sturdy, and at the end of the day I throw them in my cast iron wood stove and burn them. I have also found that the Honeywell True HEPA Allergen Remover HPA300 which clears , 465 sq. Ft,(there are smaller ones as well) is quiet and less expensive, and I think that the filters are cheaper to replace than the one you have. I have emphysema and live in dusty New Mexico,(the land of "enchantment" which I think is actually the dust, LOL) and they work great, going on 3 years with no problems; I have two in my house. I also do pottery in addition to oil painting. Thanks for this great video, definitely going to get the barrier cream.

Great information Jason. I learned a lot. Thank you for sharing all your tips.

Thank you, Jason. Informative as always. I enjoy your channel very much.

Hi Jason! Has the information in this video changed much since you last made it? Also, I was confused about the Gamsol thinner. I think you said you add a bit of it to your Dammar varnish plus pigment -- but not if you're using a standard medium. Is that correct? And, can you elaborate which mediums you're talking about? I'm not sure which mediums contain Dammar varnish...come to think of it, I didn't realize any of them contained Dammar in them! Sorry if this is a stupid question...I'm still getting acquainted with the ins/outs and dos/don't in oil painting. Thank you!

Thanks Jason! Love your channel!

Thank you so much this was incredibly helpful 😊

Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you for the video. And here's a question. I don't use paper towels to clean my brushes, instead I use a cloth rag. I do it to diminish my waste - I don't dispose of the rag afterwards, just let it dry and keep using it it until it's way too covered with paint. After I finish painting, I hang the rags on my easel and let them dry. I developped this system in the past eight years (during which I have been painting with acrylics) and I really perfected it - I found out that I could even scratch off the thickest layers of dry paint and wash the rags in my washing mashine, so that they can be reused over and over. However, I started painting with oils in the past few weeks and I am not sure if I can keep this system. For one, for safety reasons - but I gather from your video that if I leave the rags to dry in the open, it should be ok. And second, I am afraid that washing the dry rags in my washing mashine may be toxic for the evironment. I would greatly appreciate any advice, comment or suggestion. And thanks again for the video!

nice video. I used gamsol to thin my oil paint since i dont use natural resins like damar, work perfect. To clean my brushes i use Turpenoid natural, is not toxic and nor flamable, just natural. :D

Dawn dish washing liquid and a dobie pad are great to wash up after oils.

Love your informative videos, but the music is very distracting

Hi! Thanks again for another very informative video! I'd like to ask you if you have had any issues with drying paint inside the tube (particularly the big ones). Thanks!

So helpful, thank you for making this!!!

I love your work and videos!!

Hi. I am a very beginner oil paint user and i would like to ask you some questions: I only use refined lineseed oil or simply lineseed oil as a medium and I paint on watercolour paper (i dont prime them with gesso or anything).Can the paper self combust while it is drying or even after? Normaly after I am done painting I take the paper towels that I used to clean my brushes and I soak them in water with soap for 5/10 min and then flush them down the toiled is that ok?

Jason, you didn't mention cobalt colors. Do you have to worry about them being toxic?

It saddens me to say, yesterday my whole studio burnt down because of Boiled Linseed Oil. I was treating a masonite board to make a palette. What do you do after you our the rags in water? How do you disgard?

Please say the company/where to buy the Diamond G 100% pure turpentine? Thank you this all is so helpful!!

Another great video. I’m wondering if a person can put a ziplock bag inside the vessel that will hold the gamsol so that when the paint settles and you pour off the gamsol all the paint muck is in the bag? I do this with baby oil but was always scared to do it with gamsol. What’s your thoughts?

What to do if we dont have any specialised hazardous waste disposal centre nearby ? what to do with left over paints that cant be used and sludge ? Those pile of palette scrapings have solvents and cadmiums and lead ...

Excellent! Do you ever reclaim the sludge at the bottom of brush cleaners for a workable grey?

And people wonder why some steer away from oil painting...

I often work in pastels and Diane Townsend is one of my favorites brands! For oils what do you think of Liquin?

What does damar varnish add to your medium. I’m wondering why you use it. 🙂 Thank you. Hope you’re having a great day!

Jason, thank you so much for your videos, I learned a lot from then. Please you linssed oil plus turpentine and something else that I did't got the name, sorry. I'm english second language. This medium is to make the paint more soft? please give me the third name.

If you have a wood stove, is it okay to throw rags in there so if there is combustion, it is contained in a stove?

Can u reuse rags when cleaning ur brushes or do u need to dispose it for safety reasons

Is using paper towel ok? I don't uses oil paint but I'm getting into oil sticks. I wipe my hands on paper towels. Is it ok to throw that in a garbage bag? (Also are you doing a video on oil sticks?)

What about senelier green for oil???

Liquid glove is a waste of money. Just use some baby oil. Baby oil is just mineral oil with some perfume.

I think I consume more cadmium from vegetables than paints lol