Liquitex Matte Gel Medium reduces the sheen of tube or jar acrylics and creates heavy matte or semi-matte glazes. It is an excellent matte adhesive for collages, other materials, and canvas.

Gel Painting Medium Texture: Thick

Sheen: Matte

Relative Opacity: Translucent

Liquitex Matte Gel Medium offers superior adhesion compared to Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium and Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel Medium. It appears translucent when wet and becomes transparent when dry. Thicker applications result in less transparent dry medium films.

• Dries translucent with a satin/matte finish
• Viscosity and body similar to Liquitex Heavy Body Paint
• Lightweight, non-toxic; Translucent when wet, transparent when dry
• Intermixable with Liquitex Professional Acrylic Paint Colours and Mediums
• Mix with Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Colour to obtain paint similar in colour depth to oil paint
• The colour mix will dry to a satin sheen.
• Conforms to ASTM D4236; Safe for educational use

Application as an Extender:

Combine with Liquitex Heavy Body Artist Colour to increase volume and enhance transparency while preserving paint viscosity. Combine with Liquitex Soft Body Artist Colour to boost volume and improve transparency while elevating paint viscosity.

Application as a Ground:

They are recommended as translucent ground (size) for acrylic paint with excellent tooth and adhesion as an alternative to gesso. This will allow some colour and texture of the support to show through. Use as a substitute size for the hide glue size traditionally used for oil paintings.

Wash cotton or linen canvas before use to prevent Substrate Induced Discoloration (SID).

Exterior Murals: If the support or wall is very rough, the Liquitex Matte Gel Medium coat should be brushed or towelled onto the surface before applying the gesso.

Application for Impasto Effects:

Mix with Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylic Colour for impasto effects that dry to a matte sheen.

Applications in Collage:

It makes an excellent glue for collages and decoupages.

Applications with Powdered Pigments:

Use as the binder for powdered pigments to make inexpensive " student-grade " Heavy-Body (thick) matte acrylic paint. The pigment must be compatible with acrylic emulsion.