MAIMERI FINE ARTS / IDEA / ART & INDUSTRY / DISTRIBUTORS / CONTACT
 
  > Menu   > Auxiliary products for oil painting
Oil colours
Acrylic colours
Watercolours
Gouache colours
Restauro colours and pigments
Pastels and charcoals
Auxiliary products
For oil painting
For water-based painting
Other auxiliary products
For water-soluble oil colours
For restoration
Aerosol
Easels and accessories
Tecnichal informations
code description
composition
features and use notes
sizes
600
ODOURLESS THINNER
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Refined petroleum
distillate, aromatic-free
Almost completely odourless and colourless
fluid. It has a moderate solvent power.
Suitable for indoor use or for people
sensitive to the odour of normal solvents.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
604
PETROLEUM ESSENCE
For oil painting
Highly flammable
Harmful
Refined petroleum distillate
Light thinner, fast evaporation.
Good solvent power.
Ideal for cleaning brushes.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
606
TURPENTINE ESSENCE
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Essential oil extracted from conifer buds
Vegetable solvent of antique origins.
Medium-slow evaporation. Sensitive to light and air, when mixed with colours it tends to give a mat effect. Suitable also for cleaning brushes.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
607
RECTIFIED TURPENTINE ESSENCE
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Essential oil extracted from conifer buds
It has the same features of Turpentine essence, but it is further processed and distilled, till is free of impurities.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
616
OIL PAINTING PRIMER
For oil painting
Flammable
Thixotropic alkyd resin
White spirit
Excipients
Titanium dioxide
Oil based primer, with little absorbency.
It does not need thinning.
More coats are to be applied 24 hours apart, for a smoother surface.
Ideal base for oil colours, but suitable for other mediums as well.
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
626
DRYING MEDIUM
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Linseed oil
Petroleum essence
White spirit
Drying agents
Medium to reduce the drying time of oil colours, decreasing their consistency.
Use sparingly, checking the drying time reduction.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
628
DRYING GEL MEDIUM
For oil painting
Flammable
Thixotropic alkyd resin
White spirit
Drying agents
Gel to reduce the drying time of oil colours, leaving their viscosity unchanged.
Use sparingly, checking the drying time reduction. Shake the bottle well before using.
60 ml = 06
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
632
IMPASTO MEDIUM
For oil painting
Safflower oil
Drying agents
Fillers
Pigment-free oil colour: its consistency and body make it suitable for painting heavy coats. Mixed with colours very rich in pigments, it reduces costs without altering their consistency. It dries quickly and does not yellow.
60 ml = 06
634
RETARDING MEDIUM
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Poppy seed oil
White spirit
Medium to increase the drying time of oil colours, decreasing their consistency. When used, it is advisable to wait at least 1 month to apply fixative varnishes.
75 ml = 16
638
MAT MEDIUM
For oil painting
Flammable
Thixotropic alkyd resin
Silica
White spirit
Medium to reduce the shine of oil colours, leaving their consistency unchanged.
It dries quickly.
60 ml = 06
646
OILY THINNER
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
White spirit
Linseed oil
Medium to reduce the oil colours consistency, without loosing their richness, as solvents do.
It tends to yellow.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
648
SAFFLOWER OIL
For oil painting
Safflower seed extract (saffranon)
Drying oil recently introduced, with similar features to poppy seed oil. It does not yellow and dries quickly.
It helps to soften and make more fluid oil colours. Particularly suitable for white and light colours.
10075 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
650
LINSEED OIL
For oil painting
Refined linen seed extract
Drying oil, it has the tendency to yellow.
Good drying quality. Used as medium, increases the brightness and glossiness of the colour, spreads the brush stroke, so reducing its marks.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
5000 ml = 48
652
STAND LINSEED OIL
For oil painting
Refined linseed oil,
polymerised through heating
High viscosity oil, with tendency to yellow. It imparts a very glossy texture and spreads the brush stroke. It is advisable to wait about 1 month before varnishing the painting with a finish product.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
654
WALNUT OIL
For oil painting
Refined walnut kernel extract.
Similar properties to linseed oil, but it does not yellow. Good drying power, increases the brightness of colours.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
656
POPPY OIL
For oil painting
Refined poppy seed extract
Valuable oil of extreme purity and lightfastness.
It does not yellow and dries slowly.
Similar to safflower oil, it is particularly suited for white and very light colours.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
660
WHITE SPIRIT
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Refined petroleum distillate
Aromatic content lower than 20%
Thinner with good solvent power for oil colours and varnishes.
Very slow evaporation. Suitable also for cleaning brushes and palettes.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
664
DAMMAR VARNISH
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Dammar resin (40%)
Turpentine essence
Alcohols
Traditional final natural varnish.
It tends to yellow. Its normal amber colour and any sediment do not compromise the final result. It imparts greater brightness and shine to colours.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
5000 ml = 48
666
PAINTING VARNISH
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Ketonic and acrylic resin (25%)
White spirit
Poppy seed oil
Fatty varnish that, mixed with oil colours, prevents uneven drying, and produces bright tones. Increases the adhesion to the surface and the flexibility of colours. Use sparingly.
75 ml = 16
670
GLOSS PICTURE VARNISH
For oil painting
Highly flammable
Ketonic and acrylic resin (45%)
White spirit
UV filter
Glossy, non yellowing varnish. Wait till the painting is fully dry before varnishing.
Particularly protective thanks to its UV filter. Reversible product.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
1000 ml = 40
674
MAT PICTURE VARNISH
For oil painting
Flammable
Acrylic resin (30%)
White spirit
Silica
Iridescent solution that produces a mat, very resistant film. Shake well before using. Do not apply on very absorbent surfaces, if not previously treated with insulating varnish.
It can be mixed with Gloss picture varmish to obtain different degrees of glossy or mat effects. Reversible product.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
682
MASTIC VARNISH
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Natural mastic resin from Chios (31%)
Turpentine essence
Very valuable natural varnish of antique tradition. It is very flexible and elastic, giving to the painting a particular brightness.
It tends to yellow in time. Reversible product.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
684
PICTURE VARNISH
For oil painting
Flammable
Harmful
Acrylic and ketonic resin (35%)
White spirit
Final varnish combining the flexibility and hardness qualities of its components.
It can also be used for other mediums.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
686
RETOUCHING VARNISH
For oil painting
Highly flammable
Harmful
Ketonic resin (25%)
White spirit
Petroleum essence
Light final varnish. Suitable to remove mat areas formed on unfinished areas, while painting. Medium drying time.
It is also used as final varnish, when little gloss is required.
75 ml = 16
250 ml = 26
500 ml = 34
Via Gianni Maimeri 1, 20060 Bettolino di Mediglia Milano Italy, tel. ++39 02 906981, fax ++39 02 90698999
PIVA 00692360159