Encaustic Mediums

Enkaustikos offers a variety of additives useful for encaustic painters, as well as artists working in other media.

This type of wax is often used by candle makers and oil painters in their mediums to create matte colors. It is not recommended for use with encaustic paints. Comes in small easy to melt pastilles.

Enkaustikos Carnauba Wax is a light, pale yellow wax from the leaves of a palm tree. Add this wax to encaustic paint to raise its melting point. Using Carnauba Wax will result in a harder, more durable paint film. Adding too much of this wax may result in cracking of the paint.

Enkaustikos Damar Resin is a natural, sticky sap, harvested from trees that grow in the East Indies. The combination of damar resin with USP beeswax produces a harder, more durable paint film. This creates a luminous finish.

Enkaustikos offers a variety of waxes and other additives useful for encaustic painters, as well as artists working in other media.

This is a blend of translucent white microcrystalline wax and U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Beeswax. It is used for adding dimension to encaustic paintings, to build texture quickly, and for sculptural surfaces. Because microcrystalline max yellows over time, use Enkaustikos Impasto Wax in an under lay

Enkaustikos Luster Wax is whiter, clearer, and can be used as an alternative to Carnauba Wax. It is a high quality, synthetic wax derived from coal.

This wax is more flexible than paraffin, with a melting point of 170°–180° F (77°–82° C). Use it to build layers and add dimension to encaustic paintings.

Encaustic painters often mix Enkaustikos Rabbit Skin Glue with Titanium White paint and precipitated chalk to make a dry gesso for use as a base. Enkaustikos Rabbit Skin Glue is sold as a powder and should be dissolved in warm water for use.

Enkaustikos Slick Wax is not suitable for use as a painting medium. Its intended use is for cleaning purposes only. Slick Wax eliminates the need for solvents in the studio. To move from one color to another, rinse your brush in the Slick Wax and wipe off any excess wax with a paper towel.

Enkaustikos offers a variety of waxes useful for encaustic painters, as well as artists working in other media. Unlike wax mediums, these waxes do not contain Damar Resin.

Enkaustikos Wax Medium can be used as a colorless paint film and may be used as a base or top coat. Wax medium also acts as a binding medium for collages and altered art effects.

Enkaustikos Wax Snaps are a great way to try Enkaustikos mediums in a versatile, easy-to-use shape. Just snap off what you need for encaustic drawing techniques, painting, printmaking, and more!

This wax medium has a higher content of Damar Resin than Enkaustikos Wax Medium, giving it a thicker consistency when liquified. It also has a sticky tack while drying for easy texture build-up and will stay pliable for a longer time than Wax Medium.

Made with U.S. pharmaceutical grade natural yellow beeswax and no harsh chemicals, this medium can be used to extend paints or applied as a topcoat to impart an overall warm tone to your work.

This hard natural resin is commonly mixed with beeswax to harden it and raise its melting temperature. Adding damar resin allows wax to be buffed to a higher, more translucent sheen and helps prevent blooming (clouding on the surface).

R&F Encaustic Medium is recommended to form transparencies and extend paints. It is encaustic paint without pigment. Created with the same pure, mechanically filtered beeswax and dammar resin as R&F Encaustic Paints, it maintains film hardness.

Use R&F Impasto/Modeling Wax beneath encaustic paints to build up textures and create three dimensional shapes. Impasto/Modeling Wax is a combination of microcrystalline wax and beeswax. Its melting point is higher than that of encaustic paints.

R&F Soy Wax is an excellent alternative to paraffin for cleaning encaustic brushes. Made from partially hydrogenated soybean oil, it is non-toxic and naturally biodegradable.

R&F White Beeswax has been decolorized using a gentle mechanical filtration process rather than bleaching, which can break down the chemical structure of the wax and make it less reactive to pigments. It is packaged in a granulated form that is easier to measure and melt.

This beeswax is 100% natural, U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade (USP), and has been filtered and purified without the use of harsh chemicals or bleaching agents. The bags contain tiny wax granules, making it easy to use in small or large quantities.