I just picked up a informational flier from W&N on their line of watercolor mediums. It states that the blending medium slows the drying time and aids in blending. It was discussed in my paint pallette thread that this does indeed work with acrylics. I noticed Ox Gall Liquid improves flow and increases wetting. My question is does this medium work with acrylics and if so would a combination of Ox Gall and blending medium cause good or bad results?
Ox Gall Liquid?
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Ox gall is a wetting agent as you\'ve said, used to increase the penetration of watercolour washes into paper, for example when heavy sizing makes them have a tendency to form beads on its surface.
It does the same sort of thing as other wetting agents but it works in a different way to do this, you\'ll probably want to steer clear of it for acrylics because they don\'t generally take well to changes in pH.
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It does the same sort of thing as other wetting agents but it works in a different way to do this, you\'ll probably want to steer clear of it for acrylics because they don\'t generally take well to changes in pH.
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Not at all. I\'m not quite sure how the granulation medium actually works, but it should help acrylics to granulate if they\'re applied as a wash, probably works best on a 2D surface though and the effect might not be the same as with watercolours because it could interact with the polymer binder in a different way to how it does with gum Arabic. I don\'t know about the texture medium other than it contains small particles. The iridescent medium will add just what you\'d expect, iridescence! 
One thing to bear in mind: all of these are intended for watercolour use so they\'ll use a water-soluble binder, this will tend to make the acrylics a little soluble, the more you add the more pronounced the effect will be; there are acrylic equivalents to the texture medium (many types) and the iridescent medium which are fairly widely available if you want these effects but don\'t want the solubility worry.
Einion
One thing to bear in mind: all of these are intended for watercolour use so they\'ll use a water-soluble binder, this will tend to make the acrylics a little soluble, the more you add the more pronounced the effect will be; there are acrylic equivalents to the texture medium (many types) and the iridescent medium which are fairly widely available if you want these effects but don\'t want the solubility worry.
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