Linen or cotton?

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Сообщение от iosif

On the first education I am a mathematician with chemistry. On the latter - marketing. And here comes the split personality (in a good way).
Linen canvas several times more expensive than cotton. And what is better? This is not the sheets, which are known, are rarely carefully primed.
Professionals, please vpravte brains former chemist and current marketing manager. A former chemist finds that the ground should be securely protect the underlying cause of the harmful effects. And if not prevent - the question to the chemist, who developed this primer. Marketer believes that the less overhead in the already complicated business of the gallery - the better. By the way, six years ago the artist slipped clean linen, half-linen and pure cotton canvas of the same company.
Six years - normal flight. When there is the difference? And maybe it's not a question of chemistry, and marketing - but only in the marketing of canvases?

Linen canvas is not as susceptible to the time istlevaniyu framework of cotton, more durable, and does not miss sizing and primer on the contrary, when properly primed. The rest, as a primer gives. Another important factor is the proper care and storage of pictures of writing on a particular material, since no proper storage best material fails.

FLAX basis.

The most common basis for the painting is the canvas, which is closely associated with the chemistry of oil paints. Linen canvas is made from plant fibers-Linum usitatissimum. Canvas is durable and textured material. Rough and uneven tissue is a major factor in the choice of this basis for painting.

A diverse selection of linen textures differ in the number of threads per inch:

- The average invoice (contains 79 threads per inch);

- Smooth texture for portrait quality (contains 90 threads and more).

Linen canvas is a single (SW) and double (DW) weave. Double weave is much heavier, denser and more expensive and is used for a single large-scale paintings.