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Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylic Mediums
Screen Printing Medium
This medium retards the drying of acrylic colour on the screen and reduces the risk of screen blocking making it easier to wash out. The medium can be thinned with water.
System 3 Acrylic Colours retain great density of colours even after mixing with medium and very substantial covering power can be achieved on paper, card and board without undue cockling.
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Textile Printing Medium
A Textile printing Medium has now been developed for screen printing on fabrics.
Mixed 1:1 with System 3 Colour the medium remains open on the screen, gives strong colour, fine definition and excellent colour fastness over 20+ washes.
Garments should be heat fixed with an iron at temperatures appropriate to the fabric itself. The fabric should be pre-washed before printing.
The medium works well on cotton, cotton mixes, synthetics, silk and natural fibres.
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Removable Screen Block
Once the drawing fluid is dry the entire screen surface is then blocked out with System 3 Removable Screen Block, applied by squeegee.
Again, once dry, the previously drawn image is washed out in cold water to leave an open-mesh positive image ready for printing.
The screens can be reclaimed after printing by washing out the Screen Block with hot tap water and soap or cleaning fluid.
Screen Block should be kept upright and stored at normal room temperature.
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Screen Drawing Fluid
The blue Screen Drawing Fluid is applied by brush direct to the screen to create the drawn image. It can be applied neat but will probably require some dilution with water in fine detail areas.
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Flow Enhancer
A colourless liquid added to System 3 Acrylic Colours to reduce their viscosity and enhance their flow.
Particularly useful where large area coverage of smooth colour is required or hard edge painting.
Flow Enhancer is best added directly to the colour in small quantities until the desired flow characteristics are achieved.
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Impasto Gel Medium - Matt
This white translucent heavy bodied gel provides a cost effective means of covering large areas with impasto colour when mixed with pure acrylic colour. Mixtures of Impasto Gel Matt will dry to an eggshell matt finish.
Opacity is only marginally reduced even with considerable additions of medium to colour.
Drying times will be slowed down, but not significantly.
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Impasto Gel Medium Gloss
As with Impasto Gel Medium Matt, it provides a cost effective alternative for large area coverage.
The colours become more transparent and glossy as more medium is added to the colour. Drying times will be slowed down slightly and it may take a day or more for the full gloss to develop.
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Texture Paste
A thick paste which is used to build up heavy layers of texture. It dries to a matt white finish which is ideal for over painting with acrylic colour.
Texture Paste can be applied to a wide variety of grease-free surfaces.
If the Texture Paste is to be applied to a more flexible surface (stretched canvas for example) then it should be mixed with Impasto Gel medium Matt. In such circumstances, it is important to increase the amount of Impasto Gel Medium according to the thickness of the paste applied.
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Slow Drying Gel
Slows down the drying time of acrylic colour. Slow Drying Gel is added directly to the paint and thoroughly mixed on the palette.
Increasing proportions of Slow Drying Gel to colour will increase transparency and reduce the viscosity of the colour.
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Glaze Medium Gloss
A white translucent cream which increases the flow and transparency of acrylic colour to facilitate the production of fine glazes which will dry to a gloss finish.
Drying times will be retarded and transparency and gloss will develop as the adhesive Glaze Medium dries.
Used as an adhesive Glaze Medium is ideal for collage and craft work such as decoupage, onto wood, board or even flat stone.
When using masking tape for hard edges, Glaze Medium can be used to prevent colour seepage and helps produce perfect edges.
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Glaze Medium Matt
Performs in exactly the same manner as Glaze Medium Gloss but dries to the same eggshell matt finish as pure acrylic colour.
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