Matisse Mm7 1ltr Poly Gloss Varnish

AboutMM7 Polymer Gloss Varnish & Medium serves both as a gloss finishing varnish and as a glossy additive to the paint. Mixed with Matisse Colours, it increases gloss and flow characteristics. Used as a finishing varnish, it produces a strong, protective, tack-free, clear film.Pictures treated with MM7 Polymer Gloss Varnish will look like work done with oil paints or shiny enamel. MM7 Polymer Gloss Varnish and MM6 Polymer Matt Varnish are freely intermixable to achieve a semi-gloss or satin finish.Polymer water-based varnishes may appear to be slightly hazy whilst in solution. This is an optical effect produced by lightrefraction of acrylic particles suspended within the water-based medium. The effect disappears whenthe film is dry. As acrylics dry very rapidly, care should be taken to apply varnish pre-diluted with water. Polymer Varnish, applied in very thick layers on a hot day, could trap moisture, resultingin a cloudy film which would be very difficult tocorrect.All Matisse painting mediums are freely intermixable, e.g. Polymer Gloss Varnish will intermix with MM6 Matt Varnish to give a subdued gloss effect; MM8 Spreader Medium will intermix with theaboveto offer various degrees of water resistance and flow.Nevertheless, painters are advised to use somediscretion in pre-determining their selection ofmediums to avoid accidentally eliminating their intrinsic qualities or beneficial effects, e.g. artists using MM5 Matt Medium would be ill-advis