Blair Spray Matte Fixative

Comments about Blair Spray Matte Fixative:

Used several coats of this workable fixative on a mixed media piece.
The section with watercolor pencils seemed to be smudge-proof upon touch.

Hours later, I brushed on an polymer gel, and the watercolor pencils simply disappeared.
This fixative was not effective in stabilizing the water-based media. Disappointing.

Comments about Blair Spray Matte Fixative:

I ordered this to use in a college setting. It is important to have something low-odor in this environment. This works well and I have not noticed any odor.

Comments about Blair Spray Matte Fixative:

This matte spray fixative is the only one I've used since 1986! I did have to use something else once while my local art store was ordering Blair M. Fix. Spray for me and the products I tried just did not do the job I was used to. They didn't come close. There is a specific way to spray historical prints as I do and if done correctly, all is wonderful when the watercolors are applied over the fixative. One thing negative about it is that one must use a mask when spraying it as I do and also I only spray my prints outdoors, never indoors. There is an odorless version of Blair fixative but I find it not quite the same as I'm used to. This matte spray #100 has always been the only one I prefer.

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I use it for all my finishes drawings. The smell isn't too strong reminds me of nail polish remover (only spray one to two drawings every 2 days)

So far it's doing its job of keeping the pictures protected.

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I am always looking at different fixatives to use in an all around manner. This spray fixative WORKS. When they say you will not smug, they mean you will NOT SMUG. I find the spray excellant for all mediums.

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Blair fixative is a Terrible product. It ruined my sketchbook of color pencil and ink artwork. Causes ink to instantly bleed through the paper to the next page. Unbeleivably, it causes color pencil to bleed through as well. Damages paper, making it wet and translucent. And this was with a light spray from 18" away at a low angle over the paper. Ruined weeks of work. BE FOREWARNED AND AVOID THIS PRODUCT!!!

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My only experience with it so far is with aggregates like chalk on the surface of a painting. For that it works great on both oil and acrylic paintings.

Comments about Blair Spray Matte Fixative:

my husband uses this product in on some of his drawing that he has done. He uses this product so that the pencils that he uses doesn't rub off on his hand
and it also makes his drawing better.

Comments about Blair Spray Matte Fixative:

This product has the least odor of all fixatives I've tried. It works great on pencil and pastel pencil drawings.

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i sprayed the fixitive over a chalk mural on birch plywood - it worked extremely well (no smear/smudg). very happy with the product itself, but completely bummed that of the two bottles i ordered, one of them was completely unusable because the spray nozzle did not work... some kind of defect. only one coat... wish i coulda sprayed on two. BOO!