Gums, Resins, Waxes, Adhesives & Fillers

 

Gum Arabic (Powder)
Makes Gum Arabic solution by dissolving in water. Binder in watercolours, gouache and soft pastels. Add preservative when making into solution.

 

Gum Arabic (Solution)
Prepared Gum Arabic solution.
Add to prepared watercolours to add transparency and gloss. Binder in watercolours, gouache and soft pastels.

 

Gum Tragacanth (Flakes)
Binder for traditional soft pastels. Mix with water and preservative to make soft gel solution that may be used in the home manufacture of soft pastels made to individual colours and specifications.

 

Preservative
Add to home manufactured gum solutions to prevent bacterial spoilage.

 

Damar Resin (Sumatra)
Makes traditional picture varnish for oil painting.
Constituent in oil painting and egg tempera mediums.
Added to oils will create optical depth and transparency.

 

Archival PVA
pH neutral Poly Vinyl Acetate. Use as binder for vinyl colours, and as an archival adhesive for paper and canvas.
Stays permanently flexible and will not stain or discolour materials to which it adheres.

 

Dewaxed Shellac (India)
Very pale, highly refined shellac. Used for sealing paper, timber and tarnishale leaf.

 

Orange Shellac (India)
Traditional, French Polishers grade. Used for sealing paper, timber and tarnishale leaf.

 

Rabbit Skin Glue (Granules)
Refined animal glue size. For sizing canvasses prior to oil priming thereby preventing canvas rot.

 

Refined Beeswax (Beads)
Used in oil mediums to add body. Matting agent for oil mediums and varnishes.
Binder in true encaustic.

 

Gilders Whiting
Natural chalk. Calcium Carbonate. Soft filler for paints.

 

Fine White Marble Dust
Extra fine, dense inert filler for paints.

 

Coarse White Marble Dust
Coarse, dense inert filler. Adds texture to paint & mediums.

 

Coarse Black Marble Dust
Coarse, dense inert filler. Adds texture to paint & mediums.

 

Pumice Powder
Fine grey inert filler. Adds texture to paints & mediums.

 

Lime Putty
Genuine mature slaked lime putty. Add water to make into traditional limewash.
Mix with marble powders for making lime plasters for Fresco and decorative finishes.