#78087
Ox Gall
wetting agent for oil and tempera colors, by Schmincke
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Please read the material safety data sheet (MSDS).
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Warnings
WARNING: Do not eat, drink or smoke. Wash hands immediately after use. Wear protective clothing.
Precautions
Keep out of reach of children.
Natural auxiliary (wetting agent) for degreasing substrates before painting with gouache or watercolors and
- used sparingly - as a flow agent for all watercolors. In the rice varnish technique, the ox gall ensures,
that the rice varnish forms a bond with the base varnish and does not roll off. Since ox gall promotes emulsification, it is also used as an emulsifier for making emulsions from oils and water. The painter applies it to "greasy" substrates that repel water to prevent the applied water-based paints from "running together", or he mixes it with paint powders to make them more easily wettable with aqueous binders.
