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Coptic Frankincense Resin 10 grams
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French Chalk
Starting at: £5.50
French Chalk is the name use in the UK and USA for talcum powder. It is used as a filler and for its slippery and soapy effects. A constituent component of pastels. Learn More -
Precipitate Chalk
Starting at: £6.30
Precipitate Chalk is fine and white. For use in aqueous mediums as a ground for oil and tempera paintings. Learn More -
Rottenstone Pink
Starting at: £7.00
Fine abrasive powder used historically for polishing daguerreotype plates. Can be used to age wooden frames and object's d'art. Learn More -
Rottenstone Grey
Starting at: £7.00
Fine abrasive powder used historically for polishing daguerreotype plates. Can be used to age wooden frames and object's d'art. Learn More -
Gum Ammoniac
Starting at: £18.60
When soaked in hot water will yield a milky substance used by calligraphers for gilding. Learn More -
Gum Arabic
Starting at: £4.25
Gum Arabic is used as a binder in watercolours and some tempera mediums. It can also be used as a strong adhesive and a size. Learn More -
Gum Benzoin
Starting at: £14.70
Gum Benzoin is used as a fixative, slowing the dispersion of essential oils and other materials into the air. Is occasionally called for in some of the old varnish recipes where it evidently was employed for its odour. Learn More -
Gum Copal Manila
Starting at: £6.00
Used for shellac substitutes and as a fixative for charcoal drawings. Learn More -
Gum Damar
Starting at: £7.50
Dissolve with turpentine to create damar varnish. When combined with wax creates a restoration adhesive for relining of canvas. Learn More -
Gum Mastic
Starting at: £20.30
Can be dissolved with turpentine to make a clear varnish. Mainly used by restorers. Learn More -
Gum Sandarac
Starting at: £8.60
Used for protective coatings. Can be used for mediums. Specified in many recipies to provide hardness to other oils or resins. Used by artists to make varnish. Ground gum sanarac can be used as a resist for lettering. It shrinks the ink very slightly so that letter strokes are crisp and fine. Learn More -
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Colophony
Starting at: £7.30
Used in mezzotint to give work a grainy look. Colophony or rosin in powdered form is an ingrediant in commercial printing inks, photocopying and laser printing paper, varnishes and adhesives. Learn More -
Powdered Rosin
Starting at: £7.80
Used as a drying powder in etching and other applications. Used in aqua tint techniques to produce variation of tones. Colophony or rosin in powdered form is an ingredient in commercial printing inks, photocopying and laser printing paper, varnishes and adhesives. Learn More -
Dragon's Blood Powder
Starting at: £28.10
Used for colouring spirit varnishes ruby red. Provides a modestly lightfast colour. Can be used for tinting shellac varnish applied over metal or aluminium leaf for a warm transparent finish. Learn More -
Dragon's Blood Pieces
Starting at: £25.40
Used for colouring spirit varnishes ruby red. Provides a modestly lightfast colour. Can be used for tinting shellac varnish applied over metal or aluminium leaf for a warm transparent finish. Learn More -
Paraloid B72 Resin
Starting at: £11.40
Dissolved in acetone and is used as a glue/protective coat by conservators. Learn More -
Button Shellac
Starting at: £8.40
As a varnish it will dry to a hard tough film useful for floors and furniture. Can be used to size porous surfaces. Learn More -
Clear Dewaxed Shellac
Starting at: £9.20
As a varnish it will dry to a hard tough film useful for floors and furniture. Can be used to size porous surfaces. Can be used as an isolating layer in tempera painting. De-colourised using the carbon filtering method. Learn More -
Lemon Shellac
Starting at: £8.20
As a varnish it will dry to a hard tough film useful for floors and furniture. Can be used to size porous surfaces. Can be used as an isolating layer in tempera painting. Learn More -
Orange Shellac
Starting at: £8.00
As a varnish it will dry to a hard tough film useful for floors and furniture. Can be used to size porous surfaces. Can be used as an isolating layer in tempera painting. Learn More -
Japan Wax
Starting at: £13.50
A light yellow soft wax with an adhesive, sticky consistency. Used in polishes and waxes, pastels and crayons.While stocks last.
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Microcrystalline Wax
Starting at: £8.50
A special type of paraffin wax. Used in small amounts as a plasticizer. Also used in fine art mediums and varnishes. Learn More -
Paraffin Wax
Starting at: £6.60
Refined petroleum product. Its inert nature makes it more suitable for use with alkalis. Learn More -
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