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Dave Bernard, Gamblin Colors, Dec 2017 FINAL SEALING OF PAINTING If your Cold Wax/Oil painting contains less than 1:3 cwm:oils, you can varnish with Gam...

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I have spent a lot of time talking to Dave Bernard and others over the phone about a lot of things as it pertains to Cold Wax Medium and Gamblin Oil paints,...

Artists Oil Colors can be expensive.  If you want a stable, less expensive way of extending your Artists Oils, consider using Gamblin’s 1980 Oil Colors, the...

Cold Wax Medium alone is soft and brittle when dry.  Gamblin recommends a maximum of 25% Cold Wax (1:3 ratio of cwm:oil) if you want to paint on stretched c...

Although there is some alkyd resin in CWM, the amount is very small.  For this reason, I like to first add Galkyd Gel to my Cold Wax Medium before adding it...

If you are a traditional oil painter, you want to work "fat over lean": 1)FAT OVER LEAN (addition of medium, such as liquin or galkyd, makes i...

Fastmatte is lean, and 50:50 Galkyd/Gamsol is lean. The idea of fat over lean with alkyds – you don't need to worry too much – just add less and less 50...

Gamvar: Use if your oil paints were mixed with up to, but not more than, 25% cold wax medium to oil paints only. If You have used more than 25% cold wax med...

To make Gamvar Gloss less shiny, add 20% cold wax to the Gamvar by first making a slurry on your palette with the cwm and a little Gamvar. Add the slurry 20...