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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
  
[Gamblin Artists Colors, Portland] A brand name for a synthetic picture varnish based on [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Regalrez%C2%AE%201094 Regalrez® 1094] low molecular weight hydrocarbon resin. Gamvar Picture Varnish was formulated based on research conducted in the Conservation Department of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. It contains 35% Regalrez (35% solids by weight) dissolved in [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=mineral%20spirits mineral spirits] with the addition of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Tinuvin%C2%AE%20292 Tinuvin® 292H] (2%) hindered amine light stabilizer and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Kraton%C2%AE%20G%20rubber Kraton G 1652] rubber (1-3%) for added flexibility.
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[Gamblin Artists Colors, Portland] A brand name for a synthetic picture varnish based on [[Regalrez® 1094]] low molecular weight hydrocarbon resin. Gamvar Picture Varnish was formulated based on research conducted in the Conservation Department of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. It contains 35% Regalrez (35% solids by weight) dissolved in [[mineral spirits]] with the addition of [[Tinuvin® 292H]] (2%) hindered amine light stabilizer and [[Kraton® G rubber|Kraton G 1652]] rubber (1-3%) for added flexibility.
  
 
== Hazards and Safety ==
 
== Hazards and Safety ==

Revision as of 15:10, 15 January 2014

Description

[Gamblin Artists Colors, Portland] A brand name for a synthetic picture varnish based on Regalrez® 1094 low molecular weight hydrocarbon resin. Gamvar Picture Varnish was formulated based on research conducted in the Conservation Department of the National Gallery of Art, Washington. It contains 35% Regalrez (35% solids by weight) dissolved in Mineral spirits with the addition of Tinuvin® 292H (2%) hindered amine light stabilizer and Kraton G 1652 rubber (1-3%) for added flexibility.

Hazards and Safety

Gamblin: MSDS

Additional Information

° Gamblin Artists Colors: Website° R.de la Rie "Polymer Additives for Synthetic Low-Molecular Weight Varnishes" ICOM Preprints, Washington, DC 1993, pp. 566-573.

Authority

  • Paintings Specialty Group, Painting Conservation Catalog, Wendy Samet (ed.), AIC, Washington, DC, 1998
  • Conservation Support Systems, Catalog, 1997
  • Website address 1 Comment: www.gamblincolors.com

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