Re: Miracle size for gum
OK, once more since it came up again today...
Gamblin PVA SIZE is what you want...other products called PVA are not the
same as PVA SIZE. Results will be different since they are not the same
material. If you could get Gamblin to release the formula to you or at least
get an MSDS, you might be able to figure something out.
Find out WHO in Europe is a distributor for Gamblin products. In fact, email
Gamblin via their site and ask before you go down a road of endless
disappointment.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "phritz phantom" <phritz-phantom@web.de>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:41 PM
Subject: Re: Miracle size for gum
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!
...