Thinning acrylic paint with 99% water?...no problem!

How much water can you add to acrylic paint? In this video, I test how much water acrylic paint can handle in real world use. I replicate the testing done by Golden where the paint is diluted to a ratio of 100 parts water and 1 part paint. I conduct adhesion tests on different brands of acrylics. I also address how to use isolation coats to increase durability. As always, test your own materials and surfaces before committing to a finished painting. Isolation coats can also disturb previous layers, so Golden recommends adding medium to your water that you use for dilution.

Here's the link to the article from Golden https://justpaint.org/how-much-water-...

The ASTM D3359 adhesive test https://store.astm.org/d3359-23.html

🎬 CHAPTERS
00:00 How much water can you add to acrylics?
00:27 Testing a 99% water 1% paint dilution
02:33 Adhesion test-does the paint stick?
03:31 Using an isolation coat to increase durability
04:48 The concerns about adding too much water
06:20 Water sensitivity test (rubbing and lifting)
08:03 Isolation coat tips, what I used and why
09:01 Testing multiple layers of very thin washes
10:50 How to reduce water sensitivity in practice

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