Liquitex Professional Acrylic Varnish, High Gloss, 946 ml

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Larger quantities of leftover product should be disposed of in the original containers in accordance with the applicable regulations. Eden, water-based varnishes are tricky to apply properly, foaming and bubbling being difficult to avoid especially when you thin the varnish with water. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Mix into any acrylic paint to enhance the depth of colour intensity, increase transparency and gloss, ease the flow of paint and add flexibility and adhesion of paint film.

The only difficulty I experienced doing it the second way was occasional really tiny bubble forming.

The texture of your painting could also have something to do with it as both macroscopic and microscopic texture affect apparent gloss. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. e. if you can leave it on the floor permanently) polyurethane is a definite possibility as that’s what is most frequently used on floors these days. Seal your acrylic work with a transparent, gloss acrylic layer which is breathable, permanent and protects against UV damage.

Most people don’t realise that your typical water-based acrylic varnish is not really removable from an acrylic painting, Liquitex at least acknowledge this fact by stating their acrylic varnishes are permanent. If necessary, apply a second coat of the product after drying and intermediate sanding (P 320 - 600). I’m looking for a smooth, wet, sexy, high-gloss look for the finished surface of some paintings but didn’t want to go the polyurethane route. Two or three coats is usually sufficient, with each each successive layer applied at right angles to the one before.

For spirit-based varnish rinse thoroughly in mineral spirits, then wash as above; ensure the brush is totally dry before varnishing again.