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Langridge 100ml 120ml 500ml 1 Ltr 4 Litre 20 Litres  
Cold Pressed Linseed Oil  $18.70 x $46.75 $84.15 $210.40 x  
Refined Linseed Oil  $6.60 x $16.50 $29.70 $74.25 x  
Stand Oil  $11.00 x $27.50 $49.50 $99.00 x  
Glaze Medium $11.00 x $27.50 $49.50 $123.75 x  
Wax Paint Paste x $16.50 $33.00 $59.40 $148.50 x  
Painting Medium  $11.00 x $27.50 $49.50 $123.75 x  
Underpainting Medium $9.90 x $16.50 $59.40 $111.40 x  
Odourless Paint Medium $11.00 x $27.50 $49.50 $123.75 x  
Cobalt Driers  $13.20 x $33.00 $59.40   x  
Distilled Gum Turpentine $6.60 x $16.50 $29.70 $74.25 $297.00  
Artist White Spirit $5.50 x $14.30 $24.75 $61.90 $247.50  
Retouch Varnish $9.45 x $23.65 $42.55 $106.45 x  
Damar Varnish $9.45 x $23.65 $42.55 $106.45 x  
Wax Varnish  $14.30 x $28.60 $51.50 $128.70 x  
Odourless Solvent $7.05 x $17.60 $31.70 $79.20 $299.00  
Artist Oil Primer x x $29.70 $53.45 $133.65    
100ml 120ml  250ml 500ml 1ltr    
Safe-gel  x x $16.50 x $49.50    
Safe-clean-up x x $16.50 x $49.50    
Oil Glazing Gel               
Cold Pressed Safflower Oil            x  
50gm 500gm Kilo 2 Kilo 3 Kilo 4ltr  
Damar Resin  x $19.00 $35.65 x $80.20 $123.75  
Refined Beeswax  x $13.20 x $106.90 x $123.75  
Rabbit Skin Glue  x $29.70 $53.45 x $120.30    
Gilders Whiting  x $9.90 $17.80 x $40.10    
White Marble Dust (fine) x $9.90 $17.80 x $40.10    
Pumice Powder x $13.20 $23.75 x $53.45    
Isinglass  x $99.00 x x x    
Ethyl Cellulose    $79.75 x x x    
500ml 1ltr 4ltr        
Oxidising Patina       x      
Rust Base  $38.50 $68.65 $173.75        
Verdigris Base $38.50 $69.30 $173.25        
Oil Paint Binding Medium  $19.80 $35.65 $88.45        
             

Oils and Solvents

Drying oils act as agglomerating binders for artists' oil paint and provide body to the brushstroke as the colours are spread out. Selection of the appropriate oil can alter the working quality of the paint. Performance differences include paste consistency, texture, effect on paint shades, desired drying time and mechanical strength of the paint film.

Oils dry by absorbing oxygen, turning into a solid, non-reversible film. Full film drying takes up to six months.

Solvents dissolve and mix with oils and resins to reduce the viscosity of paints and varnish. They are also used for the removal of oils, paint and varnishes. Solvents for artists materials must not react chemically with the materials with which they are mixed, must not have a destructive action on the underpainting and should evaporate completely, leaving no residue.

 

Cold Pressed Linseed Oil
Pale golden oil used as a traditional binder for grinding oil colours.   When used the paint produces a pronounced ‘suede' brushmark. Cold Pressed Linseed Oil has increased wetting power and imparts flexibility to paint films. Use sparingly as a medium as linseed has a tendency to yellow with age.

 

Alkalai Refined Linseed Oil
Highest quality Dutch linseed oil used as a medium for oil colours.   Increases gloss and transparency.
Adds a soft, ‘slippery' quality when added to oil paints.
Use sparingly as a medium as linseed has a tendency to yellow with age.

 

Stand Oil
Non-yellowing oil for use in all oil mediums.   Thick and honey-like oil, it will give enamel-like qualities to paint.
Too thick to use straight, it should be diluted with solvent.
Slow drying to allow al la prima painting.
Reduces brush marks. Dries to a tough flexible film.

 

Distilled Gum Turpentine
Natural diluent and solvent for oil colours and varnishes.
Distilled from the resin of tapped Gum Thus Pine.  
Greater wetting power than other solvents.
Has a pleasant pine odour.


 

Odourless Solvent
A safer alternative to traditional solvents with less toxicity.   Completely odourless.
Ideal turpentine replacement for artists concerned about exposure to harmful solvents.

 

Artists White Spirit
Economical all purpose solvent.   Ideal for cleaning brushes as it has a strong detergent action.  
If used heavily it will matt oil paint.   Has a distinctive petroleum smell.

 

Methylated Spirits (100%)
Used as a solvent for Shellac and other alcohol soluble resins.   100% grade has no water content thus reduces blooming in films.   Also loosens dried oil and acrylic films.

 

Primers

Primers are coats applied to the support to provide a desirable surface on which to paint. Most grounds are white to offer the brightest reflecting surface for light to act upon. Acrylic primers can be painted directly onto raw canvas. Do not apply over glue sizing. Oil primers need to have a coat of glue size applied first to protect the raw canvas underneath.

Acrylic Primer
A superior high resin, low chalk content primer with excellent hiding power due to high Titanium White loading.   Suitable for oils and acrylics. Can be applied to a wide range of surfaces including raw canvas, wood and paper.
No prior sizing needed.

 

Oil Primer
A traditional linseed oil based oil primer.   Produces