PLAID PEK898 Folk Art Floating Medium, 8 oz.

I pass time with paint by numbers. If you have ever done one you know they do not use quality paint. However if you follow the directions in the bottle, it makes the paint to thin, almost translucent. I mix a few good drops into the paint pods and get a very smooth application. It makes terrible paint go on like the highest quality. I do also use this with my high quality acrylic paints with stretched canvas and I love the effects the way it’s supposed to be used! I will never paint without this again.

do not need lots of the product to get good results.

Really, this is my favorite floating medium. And it works as a tintable antiquing gel, plus more. I was attempting to get a very subtle antique look on some furniture - just a barely there look to add dimension, and every product I tried just didn't allow me time to wipe enough color away - even those advertising an hour of work time. I finally remembered my past experiences with Deco products, and this floating medium, and tried spreading a coat on with a foam brush prior brushing my glaze on - working quickly I did 2ft x 4ft areas and found wiping away with my wiping cloths was so much better - left just enough but not too much, and multiple wipes didn't remove the paint underneath. I've also used this for shadow detailing - dipping my brush on both color and gel. And really - what a great price, right? Plus it's clear, dried matte (add your own finish).

I have used this Folk Art Medium for 25+ years and it is my all time favorite. Very hard to find around here (on Cape Cod), so having it available through Amazon is quick and easy. This medium is easy to use and blendable with acrylics making strokes smooth and beautiful!

I bought this stuff to use with my acrylic painting. I like this floating medium for several reasons... 1) it keeps the paint on your palette from drying so fast and 2) it thins the paint so that the acrylics can be used as more of a glaze like watercolors (acrylics are opaque for the most part). Sometimes though a mistake can be very very helpful. I unthinkingly used this one day with my underglazes while bisque painting ceramic tiles. (There is a somewhat similar rewetting substance for underglazes) It was not until I was cleaning up for the day that I realized my mistake and by then it was inappropriate to consider undoing the areas that I painted. I decided to go ahead with my firing. I fired my work with this floating medium blended into the underglazes up to cone 04 with no problems at all! The colors were vibrant there was no raising or crazing. Oh and there was another use for it on bisque-ware too.... with a stiff brush it can help remove any unwanted (unfired) colors. This stuff is really really useful in so many ways and apparently with many different medias too.