Gamblin Glakyd Oil Painting Medium

Brand GAMBLIN SKU: GB01016
Gamblin Glakyd Oil Painting Medium

Gamblin Glakyd Oil Painting Medium

Brand GAMBLIN SKU: GB01016
Regular price $42.00 Sale price $25.20 Save 40%
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Galkyd thins oil colors and increases transparency and gloss. When used in greater proportions with oil color, Galkyd will level brush-strokes, creating an enamel-like surface. Galkyd is our fastest-drying painting medium. Thin layers will be touch-dry in approximately 24 hours.

Galkyd contains Gamsol. The main difference between Galkyd vs. Galkyd Lite is that Galkyd contains less Gamsol, making it a thicker fluid consistency. You can dilute Galkyd with additional Gamsol, this is recommended for underpainting and fluid washes.

Important Shelf Life Tip
Store medium bottle UPSIDE-DOWN to prevent skinning over, congealing and solidification of this medium.

Alkyd resin dries first by solvent evaporation, then by oxidation. The introduction of air space into a newly opened bottle permits some solvent evaporation and drying – even with the cap tightly secured. As the medium is used over time, the air space in the bottle gets larger causing the remaining medium to dry out more quickly. Upside-down storage has shown that storage upside down creates the best vapor lock limiting air flow in and solvent evaporation out.

 

More Shelf Life Tips 
If your medium appears to have thickened even slightly, add a small amount of Gamsol and shake thoroughly until it is restored to its original consistency. Managing the viscosity of the medium from the moment it is opened will ensure the longest shelf life possible.

When decanting medium into a separate container, pour out only what you will use in a single painting session. If a larger size bottle of painting medium is drying out before you can use all of it, consider purchasing a smaller size next time.

Store painting mediums in daylight to maintain their lighter color. All drying oils and alkyd resin mediums will deepen in color when stored in the dark.

Never use Galkyd as a varnish!
Galkyd, Galkyd Lite or any oil painting medium, should not be used as a varnish. Using oil mediums as a varnish will increase yellowing of the painting over time. Varnishes need to be clear, non-yellowing and, by archival standards, removable. Gamvar Picture Varnish meets all these criteria and is the best way to finish an oil or acrylic painting.

 

Gamblin Artists' Oil Painting Mediums set the standard for maximizing artistic freedom, Studio Safety, and permanence. Gamblin gives artists the tools to paint in any style they choose, with confidence in the permanence of their work and the safety of their studio. With Gamblin's complete system of mediums, artists can recreate the painting techniques of the past or the methods of contemporary masters to transform oils and mediums of the highest quality into permanent works of art. All Gamblin painting mediums are formulated with pure Gamsol odorless mineral spirits, the safest solvent for oil painting and great for brush and studio clean up.

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