Proved over many centuries for its permanence and impermeability, beeswax combines well with resins and oils, and reduces some of the high gloss while it thickens the paint. A great aid to paint handling.
Ingredients:
| 2 parts | damar varnish | |
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| 1 part | double mastic | |
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| 1 part | beeswax | |
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| 3 parts | turpentine |
- With the exception of the turpentine, combine and warm the ingredients over an electric unit, stirring them until they combine completely.
- Once the ingredients are combined, remove from the heat and slowly stir in the turpentine.
- Cool the mixture and pour into a bottle.
How to use:
This combination of resin and wax is excellent for final paint layers. This medium serves to thicken tube oil paints and help produce pleasing impasto effects. It reduces gloss and dries in one half hour.
