Physical properties of sodium silicate-based substances make them very attractive for commercial/industrial use. Liquids and solids based on sodium silicate and produced by PQ Corporation have a density from 1.6g/cubic cm. to about 1.4 g/cubic cm.
A very big difference between acrylic and oil paint is the drying time. Acrylics dry in a matter of minutes to hours and oils dry in a matter of hours to weeks! This is a huge factor when choosing whether or not to choose oils versus acrylics.
Save. Latex and acrylic paint are similar in that both are made from an acrylic resin. Their development in the 1950s and 1960s offered an alternative to alkyd and oil paints, both of which required to be diluted with mineral spirits or other flammable solvents, whereas the newer paints could be diluted with water.