

🎨 Elevate your oil painting game with the matte magic of Cold Wax Medium!
Gamblin Cold Wax Medium is a 16 oz soft paste made from natural unbleached beeswax, alkyd resin, and Gamsol, designed to thicken oil paints and create a matte finish. It doubles as a wax varnish for dry oil paintings, offering versatile use without adding oil. Made in the USA, it’s highly rated for quality and ease of use, perfect for professional artists seeking durable, refined textures.
| ASIN | B0006OJACY |
| Batteries required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | #27,523 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #645 in Art Paints |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (586) |
| Finish types | Flatt / Matte |
| Import | Made in US |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 15.5 ounces |
| Item model number | G03016 |
| Manufacturer | Gamblin |
| Product Dimensions | 6 x 6 x 7.5 inches |
| Skin type | Dry |
| Specific instructions for use | Interior |
| Volume | 16 Fluid Ounces |
D**E
Great product!
Easy to use, dries on watercolor paintings as a hard finish, used with oil paintings it has many uses. Great product!
S**R
Excellent
High quality. Fast delivery. Good price.
M**A
Smooth texture
Love this product for my oil paints. Rich texture and helps drying time. Gives good body without sacrificing the paint quality. Good price too.
C**A
Nice quality
Nice quality!
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Cold wax additive for oil paints to give texture with luminosity and a more matte finish
I like Gamblin Cold Wax Medium a bit better than a similar product made by Dorland. I've used both many times, but find myself reaching for the can of Gamblin's version most often. It's fun to experiment with different techniques using the wax mixed into oil colors. Besides giving your brush strokes a more matte finish, the wax also makes it easier to create texture and is helpful in creating an impasto effect if you choose to work the paint that way. Another great benefit is that your paint will dry to the touch MUCH faster. This faster drying time is something to keep in mind if you like to keep 'reworking' in wet paint since the cold wax addition will hamper that. Besides different techniques offering greatly differing results with this product, it's interesting to play around with the amount of wax you mix into your oil paint. In order to reduce the risk of cracking, Gamblin recommends not mixing more than 1/3 wax to 2/3 oil paint. I've found that you can up the wax ratio a bit if you mix some alkyd gel medium in with it which will help make the mixture more flexible. Although a completely different product, technique, and tool-use than those used for encaustics (hot wax) artwork, the addition of cold wax still gives much of that same luminosity, but without the need for heat. And, just as with encaustics, it's best to only use cold wax on rigid supports rather than stretched canvas in order to avoid flexing and cracking. Gamblin Cold Wax Medium is made up of natural beeswax, odorless mineral spirits, and alkyd resin. It’s soft enough that it’s easy to mix into oil paints with a palette knife.
A**T
Very good
This is good for using in your art journal to help the pages not stick together !!! Just wax on then wax off in 20 min! Boom no sticky pages !
A**R
Works well
I purchased this to put a finishing coat on watercolor paintings & charcoal drawings , so far so good.
J**W
Best cold wax for Oil painting techniques ❤️
I love the buttery, smooth consistency, and the fact that it’s always the same no matter how many can you open. It stays fresh and I love mixing it with the oil paint and getting the texture and opacity that I desire.. Jennifer Wallens’s fine art
F**O
He recibido el producto muchas gracias! Sirve especialmente para quitar el brillo del pigmento y darle mayor visibilidad, aun mas que los barnizes mates de aerosol.
A**R
Dependable service
أ**ه
لم يتم استلام المنتج حتى الان بالرغم من وجود رساله بالتسليم مع العلم بان تاريخ التسليم الواردعند الشراء كان الثامن عشر من شهر ابريل . وشكرا على التحقق فى الموضوع والمتابعه .
S**3
Gamblin Cold Wax Medium arrived safely in Europe 10 days after order date, carefully wrapped, everything fine. Pricey but excellent product :-)
M**.
Médium pour peinture à l’huile
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