Rublev Dammar Resin Crystals 250g or 500g

Description

Dammar is the most popular natural resin for making spirit varnish. This is imported ABC Grade gum from Indonesia. Add turpentine and you have golden clear concentrated dammar varnish. This is the most economical way to obtain dammar varnish. Dammar can be used as:

• A final picture varnish for oil and tempera paintings.

• A medium added to oil paint for transparent glossy glazes.

• An ingredient in encaustic medium.

• An ingredient to make egg yolk emulsion that can be thinned with water.

Dammar Varnish

It is best to prepare dammar as a concentrated varnish to make it easier to dilute and use in different recipes. Thinning the concentrated varnish with additional turpentine makes a final picture or a retouch varnish.

Dammar gum is obtained from the Dipterocarpaceae family of trees in India and East Asia, principally those of the genera Shorea, Balanocarpus or Hopea. Most is produced by tapping trees; however, some is collected in fossilized form from the ground. 

Available in 250g (not pictured) or 500g sizes, in resealed package.