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All-In-One Glazing Liquid™

Paint has two basic tint bases. One is a white base to achieve all of the light to medium colors and the other is a semi-transparent base, called a deep tint base, to achieve the medium to dark, rich colors. How can you get black paint when you start with white paint? You can’t! Black paint is a semi-transparent base with dark tints added. To achieve sage green, you start with a white base then add blue, yellow, and a little gray or black.

Water-based paints contain soap, bonding agents, adhesive, and drying agents. It is meant to dry fast, be environmentally friendly and cover surfaces with easy clean up. If you dilute it with water, it will lessen the inherent qualities of adhesion.

The reason decorative artists use glazing liquid is to transform an opaque wall paint into a translucent paint. The idea of faux finish techniques is to add layers of  color to give depth, texture, and/or movement to a wall, furniture, etc. Paint is opaque in nature and some ingredient must be added to bring the opaque level to a  translucency level.  One way to do that is add water. On very small surfaces adding water may work. The problem with water is that when you add enough water to bring about translucency, your mixture of glaze will drip and run, or it will lose much of its bonding qualities. Of course, water does not make the paint stay wet long enough to maneuver it on large areas.

Another way to attain translucency is to add large amounts of a deep tint paint base. This WILL dilute your paint color, therefore changing the color choice of the client. To achieve the  level needed to be a faux finish glazing liquid, three to four parts of the deep tint base must be added to one part paint. This is the reason the original color is diluted.

Many paint manufacturers are now using a deep tint base, putting a glazing liquid label on the can, and passing it off as a glazing liquid. It contains the same exact ingredients as their deep tint base. The only difference is that you can go to the paint store and purchase their "glazing liquid" for $25, or purchase their deep tint base for $18 or less.  Even if straying from the original color is not important, the deep tint base will not add the open drying time needed to maneuver your glaze to create that layered look of a faux finish. Open time is the amount of time it takes a paint glaze mixture to dry.  It also will not seal your creation and protect it from damage.  

All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID is made of quality ingredients that maintains the bonding and adhesive qualities of paint, goes on smoothly, and adds the translucency needed for faux finish techniques. All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID has an extender to give hours of open time for drying (the longer a glaze stays wet the more open time it has), and it has a sealer that makes your creation washable.

All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID is not a deep tint paint base. The base is a transparent base but not a  paint base.  The original paint color remains true with no dilution because the recipe is ONE PART All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID to ONE PART PAINT. Other glazing liquids require a mixture of 3 to 4 parts glazing liquid to one gallon of paint.  Therefore, for every gallon of paint mixed with any other glazing liquid, it would cost you $100 to $200 in glazing liquid (3 to 4 gallons) and $25 in paint (one gallon). All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID will cost you $49 a gallon plus $25 in paint. That is a savings of $41 to $141.

All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID can be mixed with any water-based paint, latex or acrylic, and artists acrylics. All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID has all the qualities of any water-based product, including low odor and easy clean up.

All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID assumes the sheen level of the paint used. If a semi-gloss paint is use, it will remain a semi-gloss mixture.  If a satin paint is used, it will remain a satin finish.

If you care about the quality of your products, the desires of your client’s color choices, saving money therefore increasing profit, and a simple, easy to use product, All-In-One GLAZING LIQUID is your only choice.

Our technical assistance includes free printed training material with suggested color combinations, customer service, and a network of other artists who have worked with this product. Video tapes teaching different designs and techniques will soon be available for a nominal fee.

Coverage: 300 - 1,200 square feet per quart.

A Testimonial regarding our glaze from Heather Watson:

Thank you very much! Yes I got my products alright. Rick forgot to tell me that they came in! It still amazes me how much better your glaze is then any other one I have tried. I worked for Jennifer Ferguson at the Stencilled Garden for a few months. She carries all the products from ProFaux, Adicolor, and Perfetto. I didn't like the Perfetto glaze because you could only use tints. The Open Time glaze from ProFaux didn't have hardly any open time at all... maybe 3 minutes? The wet edge by Adicolor was better but yours is still far superior to theirs. Thank you for creating such a wonderful & user friendly glaze!!!