Winsor & Newton Galeria Glass Beads Texture Gel 250ml

Will not recommend. Worst varnish ever. There was no seal and didn’t feel like varnish at all

I wasn't expecting this review to ask me to rate 'comfort'!I love having a big tub of gesso around, especially for some spur of the moment canvas prepping (ie re-coating/painting over).If you enjoy painting but haven't yet tried gesso do give it a go asap , it's such useful stuff. It covers well and leaves a 'clean' canvas which dries quite quickly leaving a chalky surface which is a doddle to work on top of.I hope you find this review helpful, thanks for reading.

This is less a product review & more a packaging review. I don't know what numpty decided to wrap cheap sellotape around the lid but they need to be given a lesson in commonsense. If they were hoping to prevent a spill they shouldn't have bothered because Windsor & Newton had already made sure of that by placing a tightly fitting seal on the product. A problem with people not knowing the products they're packing but surely before needlessly wrapping in tape you'd look to see if the product could spill? It took me over an hour to get the ruddy stuff off & much cursing was involved. It was wrapped to within an inch of its life & the tape would only come off in mm pieces - it was stuck down like cement. To then get all the tape off & find there was no chance of spillage was infuriating. 😠

* Check carefully that you are ordering the right product, as Amazon have lumped reviews for radically different items together on this page!*I`m never without a tub of this acrylic gesso, for me it's a studio essential.Windsor and Newton's white gesso formula has been a tried and tested ground for virtually all my paintings for at least the last eight years; it gives effective coverage, is quick drying and versatile; I`ve used it to prime hardboard and MDF panels to provide a good seal and surface for acrylics. It can be sanded down for a smooth surface or applied with a housepainter's brush to provide a rougher, textured surface, but that's only advisable on a rigid support. It's also - of course - equally effective on canvas, ready-prepared or DIY; two thin coats maximum generally works well.It's suitable for oils, water-based oils and alkyds; one of my colleagues has even used it to prime heavy paper for use with oils, providing a satisfactory seal between the medium and the paper surface.A very dependable product, highly recommended.

mix 1 part flow improver to 20 parts distilled water / water and shake it and you have a great product much better than water with paint only. why ? because it uniformly spreads the paint, maintaining uniform opacity as much as possible when you think down your paints with this mix. water with paint doesn't have the same surface tension as this stuff and therefore around the edges tends to be more transparent than the center when mixed with paints. Rob Paints Models on YouTube explains on his mediums video in 2019 and it is TRUE !

The lid was sealed with sellotape that had clearly been on for a very long time...it was brittle and yellowing and hard to peel off (came away in small pieces at a time). After first use, I replaced the lid. When I went to unscrew the lid for its second use (the same day) it was impossible to get off, ended up levering it off and getting the medium all over my top 😐. Good product itself but packaging terrible. Disappointed as regularly used.