Liquitex : Professional : Modeling Paste : 237ml 5508

* Extra Heavy Body And Very Opaque. * A Marble Paste Made Of Marble Dust And 100% Polymer Emulsion. * Used To Build Heavy Textures On Rigid Supports And Create Three-dimensional Forms. * Dries To The Hardness Of Stone. It Can Be Sanded Or Carved When Thoroughly Dry. * Can Be Handled Like Clay If The Top Of The Container Is Removed And Some Of The Water Is Allowed To Slowly Evaporate Until It Reaches A Clay-like Consistency. * Adheres To Any Non-oily, Absorbent Surface. * Drying Too Quickly Causes Mud Cracking That Is Usually Cosmetic, Not Structural. * When Mixed With Acrylic Colors Will Act As A Weak Tinting White, While Increasing Thickness And Rigidity. * Excellent Substrate For Acrylic Paint, Oil Paint, Oil Pastel, Oil Bars, Watercolor, Graphite Or Dry Pastel. Directions * Apply With Knife, Brush, Cake Decorating Tools, Etc. * To Prevent Shrinkage Cracks (mud Cracking), Dry Slowly By Covering Loosely With Plastic Wrap. Apply Less Than 1/4 Thick. * Mix With Acrylic Colors To Produce A Colored Tinted Paste. * When Dry, Acrylic Modeling Paste May Be Painted With Acrylic Or Oil Colors. Application * Sculptural: Apply In Thin Layers Allowing Each Layer To Dry Before Applying Next Layer. If Cracks Appear, Allow To Dry And Fill In With Additional Thin Layer Of Acrylic Modeling Paste. * Rigid Support: Use Straight From Container. * Flexible Support: Mix Acrylic Modeling Paste 50/50 With Gloss Gel Medium, Matt Gel Medium, Gloss Heavy Gel Medium, Or Super Heavy Gel Medium. * Ground: Apply A Thin Layer Of Acrylic Modeling Paste To Rigid Surface (i.e. Wood), Using A Palette Knife, Trowel Or Roller. Let Dry, Then Sand Smooth. Repeat If Necessary. * Absorbent Ground: Mix 1 Part Acrylic Modeling Paste With 3 Parts Liquitex Acrylic Gesso. Apply With Trowel Or Roller. Let Dry, Then Sand Smooth. Repeat If Necessary. * Paper-Mach: Mix Acrylic Modeling Paste 50/50 With Liquitex Gloss Gel Medium, Matt Gel Medium Or Gloss Heavy Gel Medium. Soak Paper In This Mixture.