Oil painting have the slight drawback of drying more slowly and may not provide the strongest paint film. Linseed oil tends to dry yellow and can change the hue of the color. Recent advances in chemistry have produced modern water miscible oil paints that can be used and cleaned up with water. Small alterations in the molecular structure of the oil creates this water miscible property. Traditional artists' canvas is made from linen, but less expensive cotton fabric has gained popularity. The artist first prepares a wooden frame called a "stretcher" or "strainer". The difference between the two names is that "stretchers"
Metro Fuel Oil Energy plans to process 100% renewable biodiesel which can be blended with heating oil or diesel fuel. The plant will employ technology that will enable United Metro Energy to capture and utilize waste generated by the process. The plant is scheduled to open in Third Quarter 2012. United Metro Energy was founded in 1942 when Pauline Pullo recognized that home heating oil was a cleaner, more efficient alternative to coal in the heating fuel market. United Metro Energy remained a relatively modest retail operation until, in the late 1970s, when Paul J. and Gene V. Pullo, Pauline’s grandsons, took over