Spreading Agent for Marbling: 30ml
Spreading Agent for Marbling
- Add to Marbling Paints to increase their spreading tendency on the Marbling Gel Bath.
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Beginners Guide to Marbling
Spreading Agent for Marbling Art
How to Marble (Western Marbling Art)
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General
If added to paint, this Spreading Agent will increases the spread of acrylic paints that are dripped onto the Marbling Gel.
Spreading Agent will also thin the paint (reduce viscosity) as a side effect, but its main action is to increase spreading though chemical means.
Use only a very small amount. 4ml Spreading Agent per litre of paint will make a noticeable difference (that is only 0.4ml per 100ml paint).
We suggest that you add only one drop from the dropper bottle to your paint and then test the spread.
The Spreading Agent will stir into the paint very easily.
Do not use this as your primary method of thinning the paint as the paint will overspread if you do.
Adding this surfactant to paint is particularly useful for paints that tend to sink to the bottom the marbling gel. Paints sink because they don't spread on the surface. Note, however, that as the marbling gel surface gets dirty (usually with invisible chemicals) all the paints will tend to spread less and sink more. Do not add Spreading Agent to the paints to correct for this but use absorbent paper like newspaper to clean the gel (mop up the surface chemicals). After that the gel will behave like new and the paints will spread like they did when you started.
Optimisation suggestion:
Identify the paints that you want to to have a higher spread.
Dilute them with water but only with about half the water you would normally use because the Spreading Agent that you are going to add will also thin the paints.
Add a small amount of Spreading Agent (3-4ml per litre of paint). As you will not be using the paint in litre quantities just add one drop from the dropper bottle to the paint that will be used and then see if the spread rate has improved adequately.
Add more water if required to get to the normal flow that you prefer.
Add extra Spreading Agent if the spreading still needs to be increased further.
Keep out of reach of children
All our products should be kept out of reach of children under 5 years and anybody who may tend to place items or liquids in their mouths should be supervised. Even packing can become a choking hazard.
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