Achieve Defined Texture with Amsterdam Gel Medium Matt 080
Amsterdam Gel Medium Matt 080 is a professional-grade additive designed to increase the body and physical dimension of your acrylic paint without adding surface reflection. It provides a sharper, pastier consistency that holds brush strokes and palette knife marks with precision. Ideal for artists who prefer a non-reflective finish, this medium ensures your textured work remains structural, durable, and sophisticated.
Key Features and Artistic Benefits
- Enhanced Volume and Body: Increases the viscosity of acrylic paint, allowing for the application of thick, dimensional layers that retain their shape and definition during the drying process.
- Refined Matt Finish: Specially formulated with matting agents to reduce surface glare, providing a uniform, non-reflective finish that highlights the physical topography of your work.
- Controlled Transparency: Adding higher concentrations of this medium to your paint increases transparency, enabling the creation of thick, matte glazes and complex tonal layering.
- Strong Adhesive Properties: The high resin content makes this gel an excellent adhesive for mixed media and collage, securely bonding various materials and heavy textures to the substrate.
- Dries Clear and Permanent: While the medium appears milky white when wet to assist in application, it dries to a completely colorless, transparent, and waterproof film.
Application and Usage Guidelines
- Mixing: Blend thoroughly with acrylic colors on your palette. For maximum texture, it can be applied in thick, single strokes or used as a structural ground to be painted over once cured.
- Tool Care: Maintain the quality of your artistic tools by cleaning all brushes, palette knives, and mixing utensils with water immediately after use.
- Environmental Conditions: For optimal film formation and curing, apply only at temperatures above 10° Celsius.
- Storage: To preserve the integrity of the acrylic emulsion, store in a cool, dry place and ensure the product remains free of frost.
Technical Specifications
- Product Identification: 080 Gel Medium
- Finish Profile: Non-Reflective Matt and Transparent
- Consistency: Standard Gel Body (Increased Viscosity)
- Base Chemistry: 100% Acrylic Resin Emulsion
- Water Resistance: Waterproof once fully dry
- Cleanup Requirement: Clean utensils with water
- Origin: Crafted to Amsterdam’s Premium Quality Standards
