Jacquard Airbrush Extender Medium Clear 4 oz
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Jacquard Airbrush Color - Clear Extender Medium (4 oz)
Maximize your palette’s potential and customize your paint performance with the ultimate multi-purpose additive for airbrushing and textile arts. Jacquard Clear Extender Medium is a non-pigmented binder system designed to seamlessly integrate with Jacquard Airbrush Colors. It allows artists to increase transparency and extend paint mileage without compromising the high-quality adhesive properties or the superior flexibility that Jacquard is known for.
Originally engineered for the demanding world of custom sneaker and textile painting, this medium ensures that even when diluted, your paint remains resistant to cracking, peeling, and chipping. Whether you are creating delicate "ghost" gradients or mixing your own custom pigments, this clear binder maintains the structural integrity of your work on leather, vinyl, plastic, and fabric.
Versatile Creative Applications
- Increase Transparency: Dilute highly pigmented colors for sophisticated layering and glazing techniques without thinning the "body" of the paint.
- Textile Medium: Mix with standard craft or artist acrylics to significantly improve their washfastness and durability on fabric.
- Custom Pigment Base: Use as the perfect carrier for mixing custom metallic or iridescent colors using powdered pigments like Pearl Ex.
- Viscosity Control: Thin down thicker acrylics to make them sprayable through fine airbrush nozzles without losing their binding strength.
- Protective Topcoat: Can be used as a light, flexible clear coat to protect painted surfaces.
Technical Specifications & Performance
Maintain professional standards with this optimized binder system:
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| Finish | Dries completely clear and transparent |
| Viscosity | Maintains the "ready-to-spray" feel of Jacquard paints |
| Flexibility | Unsurpassed resistance to cracking on leather and rubber |
| Compatibility | Works with all water-based acrylics and pigments |
| Safety | Odorless, non-toxic, and water-based fluid |
Instructions & Tips
- Mixing: Add the Extender Medium directly to your paint in any ratio. Increasing the amount of medium will result in a more translucent (transparent) color.
- Application: Spray in light, even coats at approximately 40 PSI using a nib size of 0.5 mm or larger for best results.
- Curing: To ensure maximum durability and washfastness on fabric, heat set with a dry iron for 30 seconds. For hard surfaces, a heat gun may be used to accelerate the cure.
- Surface Prep: Ensure all surfaces are clean and free of oils or waxes. For non-porous surfaces like plastic, light sanding will improve the binder's mechanical grip.
Pro Tips for the Studio
- Better Than Water: While water can be used to thin paint, using Extender Medium ensures the pigment stays locked in a strong acrylic resin. This prevents "breaking" the paint film and ensures better adhesion to sneakers.
- Mileage Extension: If you have a favorite color but only a small amount left, mixing it with Extender can help you cover a larger area while maintaining a beautiful, workable tint.
- Seamless Fades: Use the Extender to create a "blending" layer. Misting pure Extender over a wet edge helps smooth out transitions for perfect professional gradients.