TALENS WHITE SPIRIT 090 Purpose: Thinning oil colour and cleaning brushes and other artists' materials Composition: Mineral oil distillate • Very pure, 100% evaporation; disappears completely from the paint film • Makes oil paint leaner (use in lower layers) • Suitable for removing (dr y) varnish coats • Suitable for dissolving synthetic resins • Also for thinning mediums and varnishes for oil colour • Flammable

AMSTERDAM ACRYLIC MEDIUM MATT 117 Purpose: Thinning acrylic paint and reducing the degree of gloss while retaining the durability of the paint film. Composition: Acrylic resin dispersion, matting agent (silica) Qualities: • Milky white, but once dry colorless and transparent • Shake well before use • Gives a satin gloss • Does not affect the drying time of the paint • Increases the flexibility of the paint film • Can be thinned with water • Waterproof when dry • Can be mixed with acrylic paint in...

TALENS PROTECTING SPRAY 680 Purpose: Protecting works carried out in, for example, gouache, water colour and inks Composition: Colourless, non-yellowing acrylic resin, dissolved in, amongst others, white spirit • Short drying time • Layer thickness determines the degree of gloss (a thick layer gives a higher gloss) • Makes matt paint layers more transparent and colours deeper • Does not yellow • Water resistant when dry, making the painting less susceptible to moisture • Store in a cool and dry place...

TALENS ODOURLESS WHITE SPIRIT 089 Purpose: Thinning oil colour and cleaning brushes and other artists' materials Composition: Mineral oil distillate with the minimum possible content of harmful constituents • Odourless • Drying time somewhat longer than Talens white spirit (090) • Ver y pure, 100% evaporation; disappears completely from the paint film • Makes oil paint leaner (use in lower coats) • Not suitable for removing dry varnish coats

AMSTERDAM ACRYLIC MEDIUM GLOSSY 012 Purpose: Thinning acrylic paint while retaining the durability of the paint film. Composition: Acrylic resin dispersion Qualities: • Milky white, but once dry colorless and transparent • Increases the degree of gloss • Does not affect the drying time of the paint • Increases the elasticity of the paint film • Can be thinned with water • Waterproof when dry • Can be mixed with acrylic paint in any ratio • Use at temperatures above 10o C • Store frost-free

TALENS PAINTING MEDIUM QUICK-DRYING 084 Purpose: Increasing the flow and/or transparency of oil colour, shortening the drying time and making the paint fatter Composition: Vegetable oils, synthetic resins, white spirit, siccatives • Increases the durability and elasticity of the paint film • Makes the brush stroke run, depending on the amount added • Increases gloss • Does not yellow • Can be thinned with white spirit or turpentine • Flammable

TALENS BLEACHED LINSEED OIL 025 Purpose: For the artist to make his own paint and painting medium Composition: Linseed oil • Increases the gloss and the drying time of the paint film • Increases the risk of the paint film wrinkling • Shows less yellowing in dark conditions than Purified linseed oil; the yellowing largely disappears in daylight • Can be thinned with white spirit or turpentine

TALENS ACRYLIC VARNISH MATT 115 Purpose: Durable protection of an oil painting or acrylic painting (final varnish) Composition: Acrylic resin, white spirit,turpentine oil, matting agents (silicas) • Apply when paint film has completely dried (with normal layer thickness for oil colour after approx. 1 year, for acrylic paint after 4 to 5 days) • When applying with a brush do so in one layer and in one direction • Do not use on strongly absorbent grounds • Does not yellow • More flexible than Picture...

TALENS GOUACHE VARNISH GLOSSY 074 Purpose: Protecting gouache paintings Composition: Colourless synthetic resin dissolved in, amongst others, white spirit • Dries water-resistant in a few hours, making the painting less susceptible to moisture • Increases gloss • Mixing with Gouache varnish matt 107 reduces the degree of gloss • Makes colours darker and somewhat more transparent • Does not yellow • Can be thinned with white spirit, clean brushes with white spirit • Highly flammable

TALENS ACRYLIC VARNISH GLOSSY 114 Purpose: Durable protection of an oil painting or acrylic painting (final varnish) Composition: Acrylic resin, white spirit, turpentine oil • Apply when paint film has completely dried (with normal layer thickness for oil colour after approx. 1 year, for acrylic paint after 4 to 5 days) • Dries in a few hours • Does not yellow • More flexible than Picture varnish gloss 002 • Gives less gloss than Picture varnish gloss 002 • Mixing with Acrylic varnish matt 115 reduces...

TALENS ACRYLIC VARNISH GLOSSY 114 Purpose: Durable protection of an oil painting or acrylic painting (final varnish) Composition: Acrylic resin, white spirit, turpentine oil • Apply when paint film has completely dried (with normal layer thickness for oil colour after approx. 1 year, for acrylic paint after 4 to 5 days) • Dries in a few hours • Does not yellow • More flexible than Picture varnish gloss 002 • Gives less gloss than Picture varnish gloss 002 • Mixing with Acrylic varnish matt 115 reduces...

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TALENS ACRYLIC VARNISH MATT 115 Purpose: Durable protection of an oil painting or acrylic painting (final varnish) Composition: Acrylic resin, white spirit,turpentine oil, matting agents (silicas) • Apply when paint film has completely dried (with normal layer thickness for oil colour after approx. 1 year, for acrylic paint after 4 to 5 days) • When applying with a brush do so in one layer and in one direction • Do not use on strongly absorbent grounds • Does not yellow • More flexible than Picture...

TALENS GOUACHE VARNISH MATT 107 Purpose: Protecting gouache paintings Composition: Colourless synthetic resin dissolved in, amongst others, white spirit, matting agents (silicas) • Dries water-resistant in a few hours, making the painting less susceptible to moisture • Scarcely changes degree of gloss or opacity of gouache • Mixing with Gouache varnish glossy 074 increases the degree of gloss • Causes hardly any colour changes • Does not yellow • Ready for use, do not thin • Apply in one layer and in...

AMSTERDAM ACRYLIC RETARDER 070 Purpose: Delaying the drying of acrylic paint. Composition: Slowly evaporating polyhydric alcohol Qualities: • Increases the drying time of acrylic paint by a maximum of 20% • Evaporates completely from the acrylic paint • Use sparingly, the thinned paint may not contain more than 5% Amsterdam acrylic retarder • Can be thinned with water

TALENS CONCENTRATED FIXATIVE 064 Purpose: Improving the adhesion of particles of pastels, charcoal, chalk and graphite to the surface Composition: Colourless resins, ethanol • In combination with pastel use preferably in every layer • Use sparingly • Quick-drying • Non-yellowing • More concentrated than Fixative for pastel 061 • Retouches the so-called ‘blooming’ (white veil formation) in colour pencil drawings • Extremely flammable