Re: Miracle size for gum

[phritz phantom <phritz-phantom@web.de>]

i second this.
i've read "gamblin pva" quite often lately. and it does sound 
interesting. i looked around a bit and couldn't find a source in europe 
either. then in did some search on "polyvinylacetat" and it seems to be 
a pretty commonly used chemical. so there should be something similar be 
available here too. maybe even in a hardware store.
kremer pigmente sells quite a bit of these things, but i don't know 
enough about the subject to pick out the right stuff. they do have 
something which i think i pure polyvinyl acetate, but it's in granules 
and has to be mixed in some kind of alcohol, which sounds smelly and 
unpleasant.

phritz

Loris Medici schrieb:
> Thanks for the report Marek. Unfortunately we don't have Gamblin
> products here in Turkey. Do you have any idea about the formula? I can
> find PVA but I'm not sure which one to buy and how much to use...
>
> Not directly related but just wanted to mention: For those who are
> interested in "casein", the miracle sizing is cheap acrylic gesso 1+4
> (or 1+5) with water.
>
> Regards,
> Loris.
>
>
> 2009/10/9 Marek Matusz <marekmatusz@hotmail.com>:
>   
> >  All,
> > A few weeks ago there was some discussion on PVA sizing and I decided to try
> > it for gum.
> > ...
> > The 1:2 turned out to be a miracle!
> > ...
> >     
>