Gel Mediums & Molding Pastes

Golden Gel Mediums & Molding Pastes offer artists many ways to build
texture. They range in consistency from pourable to mouldable with
varying degrees of sheen and transparency.
Use them to create glazes, extend paints, build texture, and change
finishes. Many are excellent glues for collage work.
Even though acrylic colors are offered in various different consistencies
and finishes, the use of gels and molding pastes in conjunction with such colors will broaden the working properties and
expand on the possible results.
Gels can be thought of as colorless paints, as they are composed of similar polymers as are the acrylic paints. They may be
considered the "glue" or binder that dry to form continuous, durable films. They are made of 100% acrylic polymers, which
have proven to have excellent flexibility and chemical, water and ultraviolet radiation resistance.
Pastes contain Marble Dust or Diatomatious Earth, clays or other fillers resulting in a white or clay-tone finish. Different
pastes have been formulated to contain specific properties. See each description for further information.
Self-Leveling Clear Gel
Designed to produce an even film with excellent clarity. This gel has a resinous consistency and offers excellent levelling.
This product dries to a flexible, high gloss film, which can increase transparency and sheen while imparting a levelling
quality to other Golden Acrylic products. Blends with Golden Acrylic colours to produce glazes without brush-strokes.
Soft Gel (Gloss, Semi-Gloss and Matte)
Thinner than Golden Heavy Body Acrylic colours, Soft Gels are moderately pourable and hold only slight peaks.
Soft Gel Gloss is ideal for glazing and other techniques where transparency is desired. Also, the recommended acrylic to
function as a glue for collaging. Useful as a non-removable isolation coat, applied over the painting before the varnish
layer (must be thinned with water - 2 parts Soft Gel Gloss to 1 parts water).

Soft Gel (Gloss) Soft Gel (Semi-Gloss) Soft Gel (Matte)

Regular Gel (Gloss, Semi-Gloss and Matte)

Same creamy consistency as Golden Heavy Body Acrylic colours. Ideal for extending paint and regulating translucency
without changing the consistency of the Heavy Body and Matte colours. Holds moderate peaks and texture.
The Regular Gel Gloss is ideal for glazing and other techniques where transparency is desired.
Heavy Gel (Gloss, Semi-Gloss and Matte)
Thicker consistency than Golden Heavy Body Acrylic colours.
Blend with colours to increase body. Good for holding peaks. Dries translucent.
Extra Heavy Gel (Gloss)
Thicker consistency than Golden Heavy Body Acrylic colours. Golden’s thickest gels, along with the High Solid Gels.
Blend with colours to increase body. Excellent for holding peaks and impasto techniques. Dries translucent.
High Solid Gel (Gloss & Matte)
Very thick consistency. Makes Golden acrylic paints feel more oil-like when blended together.
Lower shrinkage and dries to the touch quicker than most Gels. Good for retention of brushstrokes.

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Self Levelling Clear Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00 $171.85
Soft Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00 $171.85
Regular Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00 $171.85
Heavy Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00
Extra Heavy Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00
High Solid Gel $27.65
Fine Pumice Gel
Used to create finely textured surfaces. Dries to a hard film. To increase flexibility, mix in other Golden Gels or Mediums.
Blends with Golden Acrylic colours. Useful as a ground for pastels.
Coarse Pumice Gel
Used to create granular textured surfaces. Dries to a hard film. To increase flexibility, mix with Golden gels or mediums.
Extra Coarse Pumice Gel
Used to create granular textured surfaces. Dries to a hard film. To increase flexibility, mix with Golden gels or mediums.

Fine Pumice Gel Coarse Pumice Gel Extra Coarse Pumice Gel
Clear Granular Gel
Made from clear acrylic granular solids it is excellent for making translucent, textural glazes.
Will not alter the colour of acrylic paints when blended together.
Glass Bead Gel
Made from genuine glass beads for unique visual effect - like that of condensation on cold glass..
Will not alter the colour of acrylic paints when blended together.
Clear Tar Gel
designed to yield a stringy, tar-like feel. Excellent for dripping, drizzling effects that no other product can produce.
Clear Tar Gel can be used to increase transparency and sheen while imparting a levelling quality to other acrylic products.
Fibre Paste
Paste that has the appeaance of rough handmade paper. When dry, surface is very absorbant and ideal for acrylic washes.

Crackle Paste
A thick, opaque cracking medium developing deep fissure-like cracks. Dries to create an absorbant surface.

Clear Granular Gel Glass Bead Gel Clear Tar Gel Fibre Paste Crackle Paste

Silk Screen Medium

Blend with acrylic paints for a silk-screen applications. Increases working time and retards paint from drying in the
screen. Safe to use with minimal odour. Mix 1 part Silk-Screen Medium with 1 part Golden Acrylic colours
Silk Screen Fabric Gel
Blends with the Golden Acrylic Paint lines to produce a silk-screen ink for heat-settable textile applications.

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Fine Pumice Gel $27.65 $46.20 $200.00
Coarse Pumice Gel Gel $26.35 $45.00 $171.85
Extra Coarse Pumice Gel $26.35 $45.00 $65.00
Clear Granular Gel $27.65
Glass Bead Gel $27.65
Clear Tar Gel $27.65 $46.20 $71.70
Fibre Paste $26.35
Crackle Paste $26.35 $45.00
Silk Scren Medium $28.60
Silk Screen Fabric Gel $45.00
Molding Paste
Dries to a hard, opaque film. Although still flexible, it is more rigid than
the Gels. Holds stiff peaks to create highly textures surfaces.
Hard Molding Paste
Provides the hardest, opaque, matte finish. Useful for creating tough,
durable finishes for smooth or textured surfaces. Can be carved into.
Light Molding Paste
Offers dramatic weight reduction when building thick paint layers. dries
to an opaque, matte finish. Extremely flexible.
Can be used to create highly tectured surfaces with an absorbant surface for acrylic washes.
Golden Introductory Gel Mediums and Molding Pastes Set (Six x 60 ml jars)
Representative sampling of Gel Mediums including Soft Gel (Gloss), Regular Gel (Semi-Gloss), Extra Heavy Gel (Matte),
Light Molding Paste, Coarse Pumice Gel, Clear Tar Gel. Also included is a hand-painted product sample card.

Gessoes and Grounds

Gesso & Black Gesso
Golden Gesso is a flexible, ready-to-use ground that prepares the surface of a substrate to accept paints and provides tooth
to promote paint adhesion. It comes ready-to-use, but can be mixed with water for thinner applications.
. Application Methods
Golden Gesso can be brush, roller, trowel or spray-applied. Dilution of the Gesso is only necessary for spray application,
but may be desired for brush or roller applications as well. When diluting with water, we recommend a maximum dilution

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of 25%. Any mixture within this range offers little risk of cracking or other adverse effects.
Flexibility
Generally, canvas coated with Golden Gesso may be rolled up without cracking.

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Cracking may occur if a canvas is overly flexed or stretched.
Sanding
Sanding Golden Gesso is possible; however, due to the flexible acrylic emulsion, the sandpaper will "gum" up rather
quickly from the heat generated by sanding. For optimal sanding, use Golden Sandable Hard Gesso (This product should

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only be used on rigid supports since it tends to crack when flexed).
Use with Oil Paints
Oil Paints can be applied over acrylic gesso. There is adequate adhesion due to the porosity of the acrylic. To control the
penetration of linseed oil into support fibres, a two coat-application of GAC 100 is recommended before applying Gesso.
Sandable Hard Gesso
Formulated with 100% acrylic polymer emulsion with high levels of titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate and talc to
produce an easily sanded, smooth and even surface.
Note: This product is designed for rigid substrates only and is NOT to be used on flexible materials, as cracking may occur.
Absorbant Ground
Golden Absorbent Ground is an acrylic liquid surfacing medium that can be used to create a porous, paper-like surface on
many different substrates. It is uniquely formulated for unsurpassed absorbent action when dry.
Absorbent Ground allows for watercolour application and raw canvas-like staining on a protected substrate.
Golden Absorbent Ground is not intended as a gesso alternative. It must be applied over a pre-primed surface due to its
fragile, paper-like nature. Once properly sealed, it is a permanent acrylic film that does not need to be kept under glass.
Acrylic Ground for Pastels
Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastels is a 100% acrylic medium designed to prepare surfaces for the application of pastels,
charcoal and other art media where a coarse tooth is desired. It contains finely ground silica in a pure acrylic emulsion.
Can be applied to paper, canvas, wood or any primed support.

236ml 473ml 946ml 3.78 Litre Set

Molding Paste $25.10 $43.00 $152.95
Hard Molding Paste $25.10 $43.00
Light Molding Paste $25.10 $43.00 $61.00 $152.95
Gesso $24.15 $40.90 $59.10 $153.60
Black Gesso $27.50 $46.20 $71.70
Sandable Hard Gesso $27.50 $46.20
Absorbent Ground $27.50 $46.20 $71.70
Acrylic Ground for Pastels $27.50 $46.20 $71.70
Intro. Gels & Molding Pastes Set $47.15
Mediums
Polymer Medium (Gloss)
A general purpose liquid medium useful for creating glazes, extending colours, enhancing
gloss and translucency and increasing film integrity. Its unique feel is oil-like or resinous
in nature, and promotes flow and levelling.
Fluid Matte Medium
A liquid medium useful for extending colours, decreasing gloss and increasing film
integrity. Blend with Golden Fluid Acrylics to decrease gloss without increasing viscosity.
Matte Medium
A general purpose, pourable medium useful for extending colours, decreasing gloss and increasing film integrity.
Can be used as a ground instead of gesso.
Super Loaded Matte Medium
Medium with highest level of matting agents. Reducse sheen of any product with which it is mixed in the smallest doasge
possible; thereby changing other paint attributes the least.
Acrylic Glazing Liquid (Gloss & Satin)
Golden Acrylic Glazing Liquid (AGL) is a 100% Acrylic, water-based emulsion, developed to be used with waterborne paint
systems for interior glazing applications. Acrylic Glazing Liquid can be used for a wide variety of techniques, which require
longer open times. Use this product in the same manner as an oil painter uses linseed oil and turpentine.
Airbrush Medium
Modifies the Golden Fluid Acrylics for airbrush/spray application. Blends easily with the Fluid Acrylics to yield a paint
mixture with the proper viscosity for airbrushing. Effectively decreases clogging and tip build-up during spraying, elimi-
nating the largest drawback to airbrushing with acrylics.
Retarder
Additive used to increase the open (drying) time of acrylic paints. Useful for "wet in wet" techniques and reducing skinning
on the palette.
Acrylic Flow Release
Very useful for staining techniques, as it dramatically reduces the surface tension between the stain (paint/water) and the
support. Certain supports, especially raw canvas, are inherently water repelling in nature and require the use of such a
surface-active agent to allow the stain to wet and penetrate into the support.

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Polymer Medium (Gloss) $26.35 $45.00 $171.85
Fluid Matte Medium $25.10 $43.00 $61.00
Matte Medium $25.10 $43.00 $61.00
Super Loaded Matte Medium $27.50
Acrylic Glazing Liquid $18.50 $28.60 $46.50 $120.85
Airbrush Medium $25.10 $43.00
Retarder $27.65
Acrylic Flow Release $27.50
GAC Specialty Polymer Acrylic Mediums

GAC-100
Acrylic polymer emulsion useful for diluting and extending colours. Wets out solids
more readily than other polymers and is useful for creating homemade paints. The
best Support Induced Discoloration-blocker GOLDEN makes.
GAC-200
Acrylic polymer emulsion that is the hardest and least flexible of Golden acrylics.
Useful for increasing film hardness and reducing tack. Increases adhesion to non-
porous surfaces, such as glass. Great for increasing durability of Golden Acrylic Paints for mural use.
GAC-400
Acrylic polymer emulsion which dries to a hard, stiff film. If laundering stability is essential, the polymer can be heat-set.
GAC-500
Acrylic polymer emulsion with levelling ability, that forms a hard, glossy film. Useful for increasing film hardness and
reducing tack, while maintaining flexibility. The hardest polymer that is suitable for flexible supports.
GAC-700
Acrylic polymer emulsion that offers excellent film clarity and gloss. Excellent for sealing various supports to protect
against Support Induced Discoloration. Offers reduced shrinkage.
GAC-800
Acrylic polymer emulsion that does not craze in pours/puddles. That is to say that it dries with the same uniform surface
and dimensional integrity as when wet. Useful to increase adhesion to chalky surfaces.
GAC-900
Acrylic polymer emulsion which can be blended with various acrylic colours and when heat-set offers a very soft hand and
laundering stability.

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GAC 100 $25.10 $43.00 $61.00 $152.95
GAC 200 $25.10 $43.00
GAC 400 $26.35 $45.00
GAC 500 $25.10 $43.00
GAC 700 $25.10 $43.00
GAC 800 $25.10 $43.00
GAC 900 $26.35 $45.00

Varnishes

Polymer Varnish w/UVLS (Gloss, Satin, Matte)

Golden Polymer Varnish with UVLS (Ultra Violet Light Stabilizers)
is a water-based acrylic polymer varnish formulated to provide
additional protection from ultraviolet radiation.
Polymer Varnish remains soluble in alkaline solvents, such as ammonia. This
means the varnish can be easily removed, taking with it any accumulated
surface contamination without damaging the painting surface.
MSA Varnish w/UVLS (Gloss, Satin, Matte)
Golden Mineral Spirit Acrylic Varnishes with UVLS (Ultra Violet Light
Stabilizers) dry to a tough, yet flexible protective finish. The UVLS system
provides increased resistance to the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation, making the product suitable for exterior as
well as interior application. For restoration purposes, the varnish may be removed with mineral spirits or turpentine.
MSA Varnish can be used over a wide variety of paints, including acrylic, oil, alkyd, egg tempera, watercolour, and casein.
As a topcoat for acrylics, it provides a harder, lower tack surface that is much less susceptible to dirt and is mar resistant.
Aerosol Archival Varnish w/UVLS (Gloss, Satin, Matte)
Golden Archival Varnish is formulated with 100% solvent-based, reversible acrylic co-polymer resins.
It is designed to produce a flexible, clear film to protect against environmental concerns such as ultraviolet light, dirt and
moisture. The cured coating is resistant to yellowing.

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Polymer Varnish $29.85 $53.20 $83.70 $226.65
MSA Varnish $39.85 $71.70 $115.80
Aerosol Archival Varnish $37.70