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Your cart is empty.G01332 Size: 32 oz Features: -Poly vinyl acetate.-Contemporary size for fabric supports..-On linen and canvas it will not re-absorb atmospheric moisture that eventually causes swelling shrinking and ultimately cracking.-PVA size retains its flexibility.-Neutral pH and will not yellow.-Made in USA. Dimensions: -32 Oz. Dimensions: 9.5" H x 3" W x 3" D.-8 Oz. Dimensions: 6.5" H x 2" W x 2" D.
C. Blake
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2024
This is a substitute for rabbit skin glue that was used by the master renaissance oil painters. It helps protect canvas and linen from moisture ruining the canvas and is the first step in priming a fabric surface for oil painting.You can easily and quickly brush on two coats in one day. It dries pretty fast so just let it dry and then put on another coat. I think four coats is officially recommended and I have seen other artists use just three. One tip is to use the brush at an angle to get the fabric to soak in and fill in with the pva. Also good to do at least one coat on the back as well. To clean wash brush with soap and water after.Also, I highly recommend buying Gamblin Oil Ground (Oil Painters Gesso) as well to add after pva dries as a "gesso" foundation and for blocking absorption of your oil paint into canvas. This will help create a brighter and flatter surface for you to paint on especially if you are painting fine details. You can also use regular acrylic-based gesso before the oil ground (between this pva and the oil ground) if want to control more of your foundation for texture, etc.
Diane H
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022
This product is fine and arrived intact in shipping box.
Callie L
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
I paint on large scale wood panel and this is the only size I will use. Love it.
fancy
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2019
good quality
Christopher Fullwood
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2018
I have been using this product for years to size papers for photographic alternative processes. All I can gather is that the people that have givin it poor reviews don’t know how it is intended to be used.
Batty TN
Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2017
Good stuff, although it does run out very quickly. Can't really go wrong with Gamblin. Their customer service is good too.
Michael Strickland
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2016
I can't let the poor star rating in this product go unchallenged.This is the most recommended product available for sizing artist's canvases. It is pH neutral and is greatly superior to the more traditional rabbit skin glue according to conservators.This is a thinned pva to soak into the canvas fibers, fill any voids, and prepare the canvas for applying a ground (gesso). It is good for linen canvas, cotton canvas, and poly canvases. In short any canvas used in art. It can also be used to size other surfaces.You should not attempt to use the pva adhesives used for woodworking (white and yellow wood glues) because they are NOT pH neutral.The reviewer who rated it "useless" was most likely using it for the wrong application.
David Young
Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2015
PVA leaves the canvas limp. According to the Smithsonian , despite the hygroscopic properties of RSG its overall properties (ie stiffening the canvas) make it the best option. Just not there yet.
Noone
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2014
Good container. Easy to use does as you would expect.
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