Liquitex Professional Flow-Aid Additive

Liquitex Professional Flow-Aid Additive

Supporting and collaborating with artists, creatives, and their communities. Developing and offering the boldest range of acrylic paints, mediums and tools to help everyone take an idea, big or small, and make it real. And proudly, passionately, relentlessly doing it all since 1955.

This is Liquitex - the world's first commercial water-based artists' acrylic paint.


About this product:

• Breaks water tension to improve flow and lower viscosity;
• Gives a smooth finish with less brush strokes due to reduced surface friction;
• Increases transparency and makes color more absorbent and blendable;
• Do not use Flow Aid undiluted as it results in poor acrylic adhesion, cracking, tackiness and water sensitivity;
• Fully intermixable with all Liquitex products;
• First dilute your concentrated Flow Aid with water - 1 part Flow Aid to 20 parts water - distilled water will give the best results;
• Use 1 part Flow Aid to 10 parts water if you want a more concentrated effect;
• Add up to 25% of diluted Flow Aid to your color/medium and stir slowly to avoid foaming;
• If it does foam, leave it to sit while the foam disappears;
• If applying to an absorbent surface, your color/medium will sink in like a stain or dye;
• If using on a non-absorbent surface your color/medium will be more fluid and take longer to dry;
• As this is an additive – with no acrylic binders - do not add more than 25% to your color/medium and do not mix with other additives - this can cause excessive shrinkage, cracking and the acrylic film to break down;
• Do not shake or stir too vigorously as foam will form.