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Michael Harding Matt Varnish

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This Matt Varnish is a final picture varnish that creates a permanent, matte, protective coating on oil paintings.

Painters have always developed and adopted their own special strategies to create the ideal paint film. Michael Harding, in collaboration with writer and artist Pip Seymour, has created a range of oil mediums and varnishes that are specifically intended to work with Michael Harding Artists Oil Colors.

In formulating these Mediums and Varnishes, Michael Harding and Pip Seymour had three goals — to use only the highest-grade natural materials in order to ensure excellent working properties, to guarantee compatibility with Michael Harding Artists Oil Colors, and to ensure long-term stability when added to the colors.

The result is a range of varnishes and mediums that are an essential accompaniment to the painting experience and practice.

Caution — Follow safety instructions carefully. Not suitable for use by children. Shipping restrictions apply to hazardous materials.

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6/9/2013

3.0

Good medium, but I like mine better

By AP artist

from Huntington Beach, CA

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Comments about Michael Harding Mediums and Varnishes:

Got this MH medium 'cause their paint is wonderful. I paint in a thin, layered, realism-based manner, and have been using a medium of oil of spike lavender/stand oil/linseed/walnut oil I concocted myself (3 pts. oil of spike, 1 pt. stand, 1 pt. linseed, 1 pt. walnut). This medium gives a similar gloss and handles much like my own, and dries just a tiny bit slower.

It works fine, no complaints, but I can make my own cheaper; the only downside to the MH medium is a semi-strong smell from the stand oil in it. I'm used to my own medium, which thanks to the oil of spike lavender, smells wonderful:).

9/8/2011

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Michael Hardings Oil Painting Medium

By James the painter

from Kentucky

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Just bought this Michael Harding oil painting medium and found out that it's linseed stand oil and double rectified turpentine. I thought maybe there was a bit more to the composition of this painting medium but that's it. I make this painting medium at home all the time. It does come in a nice glass jar with a black plastic lid that's easy to open/close and seals tight with no leaks. It's a simple medium to use and it does what it's says it does so that part is good but it's also very simple to make at home. Since it's turpentine it has a very strong smell to it. Those people sensitive to it should refrain from purchasing this medium. I have also noticed it's thinned down quite a bit. Stand oil is usually very thick like honey and turpentine is like water. This medium is very watery in consistency. When I make mine at home I use a 2/3 stand oil and 1/3 turpentine so the consistency of mine is much thicker than the Michael Harding medium. If you like a thinner medium which increases gloss and flow then this may be the medium for you. I would recommend this painting medium to a friend who likes a thin turpentine-based oil painting medium.

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Item	Description	Size			PricePrices, promotions, and availability may vary by store, catalog, and online.	Qty	MSDS
01745-1020	Matt Varnish	100 ml		List $13.26	$11.89