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April 24, 2019 at 10:04 am #472380
I have an acrylic painting on wood panel.
I want to scrap it and use it for encaustic. I know I shouldn’t put encaustic over the acrylic since it won’t bond well.
Could I glue down a bunch of paper on top then my hot wax over that?
Other than buying a heavy-duty sander and grind everything down, which I don’t really want to do if I don’t have to…
Ciao!
Brian Sommers
My BlogApril 24, 2019 at 11:22 am #818225my recommendation would be to sand it down well and give it a good couple coats of a true solvent-based primer. This is a pigmented resin that you can cover practically anything with it, and paint anything on top of it (water or oil based). A good paint shop can even blend a custom colour, so you don’t have to work with just white, grey or black.
Andrew
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May 10, 2019 at 8:39 pm #818226Agree with Andrew’s approach. Let us know how it works.
Kay
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May 12, 2019 at 6:15 am #818228You can buy acrylic gesso for encaustics. They have a grit in the gesso that helps the wax stick. Pretty sure both Golden and Liquitex make a version.
May 18, 2019 at 11:35 am #818227I agree that sanding first then using either a primer or gesso would work.
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