Acrylic Sheets: Paints & Mediums Attributes

Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish

  • When dry, acrylic sheets are glossy and clear.
  • Mix with 5-20% Soft Body Concentrated Artist Color. Colored gloss acrylic sheet will be transparent-opaque, depending upon thickness and color.
  • When dry acrylic sheet is matte and opaque.
  • Mix with 5-20% Soft Body Concentrated Artist Color. Colored matte acrylic sheet will be opaque.
  • When dry acrylic sheet is opalescent and translucent-opaque.
  • Mix with 5-20% Soft Body Concentrated Artist Color. Colored opalescent acrylic sheet will be translucent-opaque, depending upon thickness and color.
  • When dry acrylic sheet is gloss and translucent-opaque, depending upon thickness.
  • Mix with 5-20% Soft Body Concentrated Artist Color. Colored gloss acrylic sheet will be transparent-translucent, depending upon thickness.
  • Mix with 5-20% Soft Body Concentrated Artist Color.
  • Textured Color acrylic sheet will vary in sheen, opacity and texture.
  • Mix 10-50% Texture Gel Mediums into Gloss Medium & Varnish, Gloss Gel Medium or Gloss Heavy Gel Medium. For example, Black Lava Texture Gel/Gloss Medium & Varnish mixture will result in a sheet that is transparent with black speckles.
  • Mix 5-10% Liquitex Soft Body Interference Color into Gloss Medium & Varnish, Gloss Gel Medium or Gloss Heavy Gel Medium.
  • Color interference acrylic sheet will be opalescent.
  • Mix 5-10% Liquitex Soft Body Interference Color into Black Lava Texture Gel Medium. Resulting Acrylic Sheet will be dramatically iridescent metallic.

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