Copper Sulphate
Copper Sulphate Blue Vitriol. Used for patination of cupric metals. Component in the manufacture of green and blue verditers. Product code: 131 Safety Data Sheet xxx Download full SDS
Iron Sulphate
Iron Sulphate Known also as Green Vitriol or Green Copperas. Mordant for textile dyeing. Used in the manufacture of iron gall ink. Product code: 132 Safety Data Sheet xxx Download full SDS
Borax
Borax Sodium decahydrate. Used in the hydrolysis of casein powder. Emulsifier of shellac for acqueous solutions. Easily converted to boric acid. Product code: 162 Safety Data Sheet xxx Download full SDS
Alum
Alum Aluminium Sulphate. Added to animal, casein and starch glues to increase hardness and resistance to resolubility. Also used as a mordant in the manufacture of ‘lake’ pigments. Product code: 152 Safety Data Sheet xxx Download full SDS
Encaustic Ground
Encaustic Ground High absorbancy ground for encaustic painting technique. Allows waxes to correctly adhere to a priming coat. Constituents Acrylic copolymer, Titanium Dioxide, Calcium Carbonate. Product code: 036 Encaustic Ground Product Information Product Application Do not dilute. Apply two coats to sealed substrate. Once dry, waxes may be applied directly to the prepared surface. It…
Encaustic Wax
Encaustic Wax Encaustic is a beeswax-based painting medium. Heated till molten and coloured with pigment or oil colour, the wax is applied whilst hot to inflexible supports with an absorbent surface preparation. Application: . Break off desired quantity of wax and place in containers sitting on heating pan . Melt Encaustic Wax melt point =…
Archival PVA
Archival PVA pH neutral adhesive for paper, canvas and timber/timber composites. Binder for vinyl colours. Apply adhesive to both surfaces, wait till a tack forms and place the two faces together. If possible, the use of weights will bond the two faces more securely. Stays permanently flexible and will not stain or discolour materials to…
Acrylic Binder
Acrylic Binder Product Application Permanent, non-reversable acrylic binder. Artist-grade pure acrylic monomer solution. Mix with Langridge Liquid Pigment Concentrate for the manufacture of artist acrylic paint. Recommended maximum incorporation of 50% (by volume) of Liquid Pigment Concentrate to Acrylic Binder. Add desired amount of colour and stir till fully mixed. Drying time 30-60 minutes to…
Distilled Gum Turpentine
Distilled Gum Turpentine Natural dilutent and solvent for oil colours and varnishes. Greater wetting power than other artists’ solvents. Has a pleasant pine odour. From the oleoresin of tapped Gum Thus Pine. Distilled from the sap of live trees and for artistic use must be completely anhydrous, or water-free. Constituents Distilled Gum Turpentine Product code:…
Low Toxic Solvent
Low Toxic Solvent Low toxicity alternative to traditional artists’ solvents reducing exposure to the more harmful compounds associated with turpentine, etc. Completely odourless. Leaves no residue after evaporation. Constituents Refined aliphatic distillate of petroleum. Product code: 021 Low Toxic Solvent Product Information Product Application Langridge Low Toxic Solvent may be added to oil colours, drying…