Amsterdam Acrylic Medium – Matte

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Amsterdam Acrylic Medium Matte

Do you want to experiment with your paint? Use AMSTERDAM acrylic mediums, available here in a matte finish. Combine acrylic paint with one of Amsterdam’s acrylic mediums and see how the character of the paint changes. With the mediums you can make the paint thicker, glossier, thinner or more matte… They are also suitable for gluing various types of material. If you mix the paint with a medium the color becomes somewhat lighter; however, once dry, the paint will have its original colour again. A medium does not have any pigment and when wet it is milky white. When dry a medium is completely colorless and transparent again. Adding a medium makes the paint film even more elastic.

Acrylic Medium Matte

Purpose: Thinning acrylic paint and reducing the degree of gloss while retaining the durability of the paint film.

Composition: Acrylic resin dispersion, matting agent (silica).

Qualities:

  • Milky white, but once dry colorless and transparent
  • Shake well before use
  • Reduces the degree of gloss
  • Does not affect the drying time of the paint
  • Increases the flexibility of the paint film
  • Can be thinned with water
  • Waterproof when dry
  • Can be mixed with acrylic paint in any ratio
  • Use at temperatures above 10° C
  • Store frost-free. Cannot freeze.
  • Also available in a gloss finish here.

 

acrylic mediums

Mediums are used to change the properties of the paint, for example the thickness, gloss, flow, drying time, transparency and durability. If an extreme thinning is required, it is advisable to use acrylic medium instead of water as the addition of large amounts of water can release the pigment from the binder into the paint; the pigment would then lie unprotected on the painting and could rub off.
Acrylic Medium, Gel Medium, Heavy Gel Medium and Extra Heavy Gel Medium can be added to the paint limitlessly.
The binder for both acrylic paint and acrylic mediums consists of a dispersion of acrylic resin particles in water. As long as the binder contains water, the binder is white. When all the water has evaporated after drying, the acrylic resin particles in the binder form a continuous colourless transparent film and the white will have disappeared. This explains why the acrylic paint colours become darker as they dry. When mixed with a medium the wet paint therefore also becomes a little lighter; once dry the colour is the same as pure dried paint.
Royal Talens supplies Gel medium, Heavy gel medium and Extra heavy gel medium, all in both glossy and matt varieties.
Gel medium is as thick as Rembrandt and Van Gogh acrylic colours and a little thicker than Amsterdam acrylic colours. In terms of consistency, Gel medium is thicker than the above types of paint, the gel does not flow so easily. The addition of Gel medium to a paint allows for a clearer brush stroke/structure. Heavy gel medium increases the brush stroke even further. Using Extra heavy gel medium it is possible to apply very sharp structures and extremely thick layers. Furthermore, all gels, pure or mixed with paint, due to their large adhesive capacity are ideally suited to incorporate materials such as sand, sawdust, paper, wood, stone, etc. in the paint.

Royal Talens supplies Gel medium, Heavy gel medium and Extra heavy gel medium, all in both glossy and matt varieties.

Gel medium is as thick as Rembrandt and Van Gogh acrylic colours and a little thicker than Amsterdam acrylic colours. In terms of consistency, Gel medium is thicker than the above types of paint, the gel does not flow so easily.

The addition of Gel medium to a paint allows for a clearer brush stroke/structure. Heavy gel medium increases the brush stroke even further. Using Extra heavy gel medium it is possible to apply very sharp structures and extremely thick layers.

Furthermore, all gels, pure or mixed with paint, due to their large adhesive capacity are ideally suited to incorporate materials such as sand, sawdust, paper, wood, stone, etc. in the paint.

Additional information

Size ml

1000 ml, 75 ml

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