Paint Varnishes

Gamvar is a synthetic resin gloss varnish developed by conservators at the National Gallery. It can be used on acrylic paintings as well as oils. Gamvar is a synthetic resin varnish with a high refractive index similar to that of natural resins.

Golden Polymer Varnish with UVLS (UltraViolet Light Stabilizers) is a waterborne acrylic polymer varnish that dries to a protective, flexible, dust-resistant surface. Use it as a final sealant over acrylic paint.

Golden's Archival Spray Varnish provides a protective finish layer for fine artwork, removable for conservation purposes. Offers excellent dirt, dust, and moisture resistance. Contains ultraviolet light filters and stabilizers (UVLS).

Provides clear, lasting protection for oil, acrylic, and water-based paints. Allows reworking of paint. Safely removed for future restoration. Free of impurities found in natural varnish, and won't yellow with age.

Liquitex Acrylic Varnishes, made from 100% acrylic polymer emulsions, form durable, permanent films when dry. They have excellent flexibility and resistance to chemicals, water, abrasion and ultraviolet radiation and can be used to provide lasting protection for artwork. Liquitex Acrylic Varnishes are available in a variety of finishes, including Gloss, Matte, High Gloss, and Satin.

Apply Matte Varnish for a uniform, non-glare, satin finish. Use only on acrylic paintings. Apply once they are completely dry.

Use Blick's Matte Acrylic Varnishes over Blick Matte Acrylic Paint, or any other craft acrylic paints. They provide a tough, non-yellowing protective coat.

These non-toxic, waterbased varnishes provide a protective, non-tacky coating for acrylic paintings. They are also excellent for altering sheen levels when mixed with acrylic paints. Formerly known as Chroma Atelier Medium & Varnish, they are available in Gloss, Matte, and Satin finishes.

Excellent for glazing, the Chroma Atelier Universal Medium/Varnish reduces viscosity and improves brushability. The traditional acrylic binder in the varnish/medium dries quickly and forms a tough, water-resistant skin allowing it to also be used as a varnish.

Chroma's Fusion I.A. Series Pro-Grade Exterior UV Varnish protects your projects from the elements with powerful UV absorbers that defend against sun damage and weathering. Available in gloss or matte, the varnish offers superior exterior durability.

A removable picture varnish, Daler-Rowney Artists' Clear Picture Varnish is used to achieve a clear, even gloss that will not yellow or bloom. A light aerosol application results in an excellent retouching varnish. Apply it to both oil and acrylic paintings.

Daler-Rowney Matte Varnish is removable, non-yellowing, and dries to a matte finish. It can be mixed with Clear Picture Varnish to achieve a range of semi-gloss finishes. Apply it to both oil and acrylic paintings, and remove it with turpentine or white spirits.

Golden Polymer Varnish with UVLS (UltraViolet Light Stabilizers) is a waterborne acrylic polymer varnish that dries to a protective, flexible, dust-resistant surface. Use it as a final sealant over acrylic paint.

Golden MSA (Mineral Spirit Acrylic) Solvent is the ideal solvent for thinning Golden MSA Varnishes, which must be thinned before use. MSA Solvent assures clear, clean, even application time after time. Golden MSA Solvent can also be used to remove MSA Varnish at a later time for restoration purposes.

Golden Isolation Coat is a permanent, non-removable layer that physically separates acrylic paintings from varnish. Apply it between the painted surface and varnish — it ensures an even coat of varnish, and it protects the paint if you choose to remove the varnish.

Fast-drying Holbein Acrylic Varnish provides excellent protection for finished artwork. Ideal for acrylic paintings on canvas or paper, it may also be used on clay, wood, and unglazed pottery.

This is the answer to many artists' requests for an easy-to-apply, archival spray varnish with UV protection. UV Protect can be sprayed over oil, tempera, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, photos, and between layers of airbrush applications.

Protect your finished artwork from ultraviolet light with this water-thinnable, transparent varnish. It can be used on a wide range of media, including wood, concrete, plaster, stone, pottery, and most synthetic materials.

Liquitex Acrylic Varnishes, made from 100% acrylic polymer emulsions, form durable, permanent films when dry. They have excellent flexibility and resistance to chemicals, water, abrasion and ultraviolet radiation and can be used to provide lasting protection for artwork. Liquitex Acrylic Varnishes are available in a variety of finishes, including Gloss, Matte, High Gloss, and Satin.

Liquitex Basics Acrylic Varnishes are a waterbased, permanent varnish for acrylic paints. Use as a final, non-removable, layer on finished works to prevent UV damage, resist decoloration, and protect it from dirt and dust. Available in Gloss or Matte finishes, both options dry clear with a flexible, durable, and non-tacky surface.

Maimeri Acrylic Picture Varnish is an easy-to-apply finishing non-yellowing varnish. It has a UV filter that makes it very suitable for outdoor painting.

Varnishes improve the ability of acrylic colors to resist aging, increase color depth, and harmonize differences in color brilliance. Gloss, Matte, and Sovent-Based UV Absorbent Varnish.

Vallejo Permanent Acrylic Varnish cannot be removed once dry. The quick-drying, UV-resistant varnish can be diluted with water if desired. It's available in Gloss, Matte, and Satin formulas and comes in plastic bottles.

Finished artwork should be protected from general dust and pollution by application of a thin layer of varnish. These products impart a protective satin, gloss, or matte layer to finished paintings. They can be mixed.

Daler-Rowney Cryla Soluble Acrylic Matte Varnish is a medium specifically developed for the protection of acrylic works from environmental pollutants that cause surface degradation. It seals the surface and provides a barrier film.

Gamvar is a synthetic resin gloss varnish developed by conservators at the National Gallery. It can be used on acrylic paintings as well as oils. Gamvar is a synthetic resin varnish with a high refractive index similar to that of natural resins.

Use Golden Hard MSA (Mineral Spirit Acrylic) Topcoat over a wide variety of paints, including acrylic, oil, alkyd, egg tempera, watercolor, and casein. It dries to a tough, non-flexible protective finish.

Golden MSA (Mineral Spirit Acrylic Varnish with UVLS (UltraViolet Light Stabilizers) is a mineral spirit based acrylic resin system that can be applied to acrylic, oil, and alkyd painted surfaces.

This crystal clear, acrylic resin varnish provides an exceptional final finish for oil and acrylic paintings. Offering excellent adhesion with no cracking or blooming, it dries to a gloss finish in less than 30 minutes. This durable finish resists normal acids, moisture, and alkalis, and will not darken with age. When used as a medium with oil colors, it produces a soft chromatic quality.

Ideal for acrylic or oil works, Soluvar varnishes are solvent based, durable and non-yellowing. They reduce surface "tack," pressure sensitivity and static electrical buildup, drying as a clear, water-resistant surface protecting from dust and dirt.

Maimeri Painting Varnish is a fatty varnish that prevents uneven drying, and produces bright tones. It increases the adhesion to the surface and the flexibility of colors.

Maimeri Picture Varnish is a final varnish combining the flexibility and hardness qualities of its components. It can also be used for other mediums.

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

All New Masters varnishes increase the chemical and physical resistance of acrylic paints, and protect them from ultraviolet light, increasing the durability of the painting. These are removable painting varnishes with a cyclohexanol base. Do not dilute.

Pebeo 4Artist Marker varnishes protect 4Artist marker artwork, and can also be used on mixed media artwork, plus acrylic and oil paintings.

Protect an oil painting against aging, dust, and dirt with Cobra Painting Varnishes as a final varnish.

Protect your oil, watercolor, or tempera paintings with this matte finish varnish. Non-yellowing, flexible, transparent acrylic resin varnish that resists cracking peeling or marring. Contains no wax.

Use specially formulated Winsor & Newton Acrylic UV Varnishes to protect and preserve artwork against dirt, grease, pollution, fading, and color shift. Choose from gloss, matte, or satin finishes.

Winsor & Newton Original Artists' Varnishes provide finalized oil and alkyd paintings with superior protection against dirt, grease, and UV damage. All are removable with mineral spirits or turpentine so that paintings may be cleaned in the future.

As a medium, amber adds depth to paintings and is the finest of all resins. As a varnish, amber provides a tough elastic topcoat that penetrates and becomes part of the paint film, rendering paintings as brilliant in 100 years as they are today.

Maimeri mastic varnish is a natural, valuable antique varnish for traditional use.

Maimeri Patina Varnish creates an amber finish, giving your painting an antique look. It's used as an undercoat for the picture cracking varnish and will yellow over time. It's housed in a glass bottle with twist-off cap.

Maimeri Picture Cracking Varnish is a ready to use amber solution that gives paintings and other objects an antique, cracked look.

This hard varnish turns slightly milky and produces a high-gloss finish. Old Holland Mastic Picture Varnish is made from a pure, clear mastic resin dissolved in white spirit. It should be used only after oil paints have dried, which can take up to one year. It may yellow somewhat.

Golden Isolation Coat is a permanent, non-removable layer that physically separates acrylic paintings from varnish. Apply it between the painted surface and varnish — it ensures an even coat of varnish, and it protects the paint if you choose to remove the varnish.

Krylon UV Archival Varnish offers the highest UV protection available in a protective coating. Its non-yellowing formula protects against fading, dirt, moisture, and discoloration in artworks created using acrylic, oil, and watercolor paints, as well as oil pastels and colored pencils.

Maimeri mastic varnish is a natural, valuable antique varnish for traditional use.

This pliable gloss varnish protects paintings without yellowing. It is made from ketone resin dissolved in white spirit and is meant to be used after paintings have fully dried, which may take as long as one year.

This pliable gloss varnish protects paintings and does not yellow. It is made from ketone resin dissolved in white spirit, with beeswax added to produce a matte finish. It is meant to be used after paintings have fully dried, which may take as long as one year.

Thin, uniform film of 100% pure damar varnish in spray form provides protection and a consistent finish for oil paintings. Choice of Gloss, Matte, and Retouch surfaces.

Bob Ross Damar Varnish Spray is a high-gloss, final varnish for the protection of completely dry oil paintings. A very durable and flexible varnish, it produces a uniform waterproof finish that protects paintings from dirt, dust, and moisture.

Chelsea Classical Studio brings you a line of safer, natural varnishes for your fine oil paintings. No harsh chemicals are used in their production — no petroleum, no turpentine, and no dangerous fumes. Made with Lavender Spike Oil Essence, they have a distinctive lavender scent.

Daler-Rowney Damar Varnish is a removable picture varnish that, when applied thinly, will lend a low gloss. It dries hard and clear within a few hours, and is removable with turpentine or white spirits.

Damar Varnish can be used as a final picture varnish over well-dried oil paintings, after 6-12 months, or as an ingredient to your own medium formula. It makes a semi-gloss protective coat.

This is a pure gum damar that is used to enrich dry oil paintings. Quick-drying and permanent, it provides a transparent high gloss finish that also protects oil paintings. When used properly, it will not "bloom" or cloud with age.

Grumbacher Damar Retouch Varnish is a spray damar varnish for intermediate stages of development in an oil painting to even out the gloss of unfinished works, or to revive sunken in or dry areas to aid in accurate color comparison for further painting.

A colorless, genuine Damar varnish for use as a final protective coating on thoroughly dry oil paintings. It brings out the beauty of oil colors with an soft, even, matte finish, while protecting paintings from dirt, moisture, and scuffs.