Professional Ultra Matte Medium

Name: Liquitex Professional Mediums, Ultra Matte Medium
SKU: 8168
Availability: InStock

SKU:094376924152

Give your paint an ultra matte, opaque finish, while thinning and extending its volume.

Size

8oz/237ml 16oz/473ml

$20.39

Quantity

What it does

Dramatically reduces surface gloss to give a dead matte finish with no sheen
Maintains paint opacity, color intensity and hue
Economically extends opaque color to double amounts without affecting color or acrylic stability - perfect when underpainting or running out of color mid way through
Slows drying time to help you create more subtle color blends
Lowers the viscosity of heavier body paints
Maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality
Makes a weak tinting white when you add over 50% of the medium, increasing the value of your original color by one level

How to use it

Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products
The matte effect is most obvious when mixed with opaque colors
Can be thinned by diluting with up to 25% water - distilled water will give best results
Mix as much as you like into acrylic color to create the viscosity and transparency you want - the more you add, the thinner and more transparent your color will become
Stir gently to avoid creating foam - if bubbles appear, leave it to sit while the bubbles rise and disappear
When running out of a color mid painting, just add an equal volume of this medium to extend it further
This is semi-opaque when wet, transparent when dry

Top quality, professional paints are always going to be more expensive than house and craft paints due to the pigments and formulations. However, you can try some tricks like extending your professional color with a Liquitex medium when you're underpainting or sketching. Liquitex Ultra Matte Medium is a good one if you're using Soft Body Acrylic and are happy with matte for underpainting, as you can double the volume without changing the viscosity, color position or opacity of your paint. You can also use Basics colors for experimenting and drafting - all our colors are compatible and work well together across professional and Basics ranges to give you the same archival finish.

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