10 May R&F Encaustic Tips
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Soy Wax
After painting with encaustics, clean your brushes, tools, and heated surfaces with R&F’s Soy Wax. This natural product allows you to wash your brushes with soap and water after its use, leaving them soft, unlike other petroleum based cleaners.
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Encaustic Medium
R&F encaustic medium is a mix of pure filtered Pharmaceutical Grade white beeswax and damar resin. Essentially, it’s encaustic paint without pigment. Add it to encaustic paints to increase translucency for glazing, or as an economical sizing for panels. On its own, it can be used for effortless collage work. This new video from R&F demonstrates how simple it is to use encaustic medium to get more mileage from your paint!
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Fusing
Fusing is an essential technique for creating a long-lasting encaustic painting and enamel-like smooth, shiny surfaces. Fusing describes the process of gently melting each layer of paint that is applied, ensuring that it is properly adhered to the layer beneath it. R&F helps you paint like a pro, with these simple tricks for perfect fusing every time.