CCS Linseed Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™

New Wave Art distributes this product in the U.S. through our network of retail partners. Please visit your favorite art supply store to purchase. Linseed oil historically is the most common drying oil used in painting. It dries fast and creates the strongest flexible surface. Cold-pressed oils are obtained by pressing and grinding seeds in a stone or metal press. This historical extraction technique yields less oil than using heat or chemical methods, traditionally it was preferred in order to have a purer oil. CCS Linseed Oil Pale Cold-Pressed™ is extracted using the more costly, time-tested method of cold-pressing oils. This method follows historic precedent by using the most natural oil and extraction processes. CCS does not use high-heat extracted oils. High-heat and chemically extracted oils have many more impurities than cold-pressed oils, and may alter the oil’s natural properties. Raw cold-pressed oils have a dark yellow-orange color that can affect paint color. Most art mater