Thinning oil colors. A little goes a long way; stiff oil colors relax immediately when a little Gamsol is added. Be careful not to thin oil colors too much with solvent alone, this can compromise the ability of the paint to form a paint film. For thin washes or glazes with oil color, consider any of our contemporary fluid mediums.
Modifying painting mediums. You can dilute any pure oil (refined linseed oil, safflower oil, stand oil etc.) with Gamsol to make a custom painting medium. Our Galkyd line of painting mediums are already formulated with Gamsol, so they* readily accept more Gamsol as a thinning agent.
*Note: Gamsol should not be added to painting mediums made with natural resins (dammar, copal, mastic). This is because Gamsol is too weak to dissolve them. They require strong solvents such as turpentine.
Studio clean-up. Brushes, palettes, palette knives, etc. (When you get color on your favorite sweater or the carpet of your studio floor)
