Lead White vs Titanium White Oil Paint

This video compares Lead White Oil Paint (PW1) and Titanium White Oil Paint (PW6).

Some observations:
- Gamblin’s Titanium White and Michael Harding’s Titanium White are both opaque bright whites. Michael Harding’s Titanium White has more of a buttery texture and appears to have a higher tinting strength. Gamblin uses alkali refined linseed oil as its binder while Michael Harding uses Safflower Oil.
- Rublev’s Lead-Titanium White has a sticky texture and is the warmest of the whites. It also has the highest tinting strength of all the whites. Michael Harding’s comparable Foundation White was easier to work with and slightly brighter. Both use linseed oil as their binder.
- Michael Harding’s Cremnitz White was the hardest to spread and the least opaque of all the whites. This paint only contains lead carbonate and uses linseed oil as its binder.
- In general, I found it more difficult to get a uniform texture with paints containing Lead White.

Product links are below:
- Gamblin Titanium White (PW6): https://bit.ly/gamblin-titanium-white
- Michael Harding Titanium White no 1 (PW6): https://bit.ly/mh-titanium-white-no1
- Rublev Lead-Titanium White (PW1 and PW6): https://www.naturalpigments.com/lead-...
- Michael Harding Foundation White (PW1 and PW6): https://bit.ly/mh-foundation-white
- Michael Harding Cremnitz White (PW1): https://bit.ly/mh-cremnitz-white
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Regarding the safety of using Lead White oil paint, Natural Pigments, the maker of Rublev, said: "Nitrile, vinyl, and latex gloves are adequate skin protection from lead white paint. Please be aware that ingestion is the main route of exposure to lead paint. There are no toxic fumes or vapors from lead white paint. You can clean your palette of lead white paint the same as you do with any other color."

If you are concerned about skin absorption, please read this article: https://paintingbestpractices.com/pai...

Please contact paint manufacturers directly with any additional questions you may have about product safety and your individual needs.

Side note: keep an eye out for paints containing Zinc White (PW4). Some manufacturers have removed PW4 from their formulations because the latest research has shown it can cause a paint film to become brittle and crack. However, other manufacturers continue to use it, especially in paints containing multiple pigments. For example, paints labeled Titanium White and Flake White will sometimes contain PW4. This article explains the issues well: https://www.naturalpigments.com/artis...

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