Adding Cobra painting medium to the paint - Royal Talens
Adding Cobra painting medium to the paint - Royal Talens

Adding Cobra painting medium to the paint

Cobra painting medium can be added directly to the paint. The paint then becomes thinner and fatter.

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Wet in wet

Painting medium increases the durability of the paint film. In this way you can work 'wet in wet'; painting as long as the paint is wet. If desired, the medium can be made less greasy with water; just like the paint, Cobra painting medium is water mixable.

Painting in layers

Cobra painting medium can also be used when painting in layers. Before a subsequent layer is applied, the previous layer must be so dry that it will definitely not dissolve in a subsequent layer.

In connection with the ultimate durability of the paint film, layered painting should follow the 'fat over lean' rule: each subsequent layer should contain a little more oil.

Water makes the paint lean, medium makes the paint fatter. For the first layer, the paint can be thinned with water, for subsequent layers with a combination of water and medium. By making the mixture consist of less and less water and more medium, each layer of paint becomes a little fatter.

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