Speedball Acrylic Extender 32 oz

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Overview

Speedball Acrylic Extender is a transparent medium designed to increase the volume of acrylic screen printing inks while reducing colour intensity without significantly changing their consistency. It gives printmakers greater control over transparency and colour strength making it useful for creating lighter values subtle layers and custom ink mixtures. The generous 32 oz size is well suited to classrooms studios and printmakers working on larger projects.

Why Artists Choose It

Acrylic Extender allows artists to adjust colour strength without simply thinning the ink with water. Mix it with compatible Speedball acrylic screen printing inks to create more transparent colour extend an ink mixture or develop a wider range of values from a single colour. It is particularly useful when printing layered imagery where transparency and the interaction between colours are part of the finished design.

How to Use It

Add Acrylic Extender gradually to acrylic screen printing ink and mix thoroughly until the desired transparency and colour strength are reached. Test the mixture before beginning a final print since increasing the amount of extender will progressively reduce the intensity of the colour. Follow the cleaning and handling recommendations for the screen printing ink being used and clean screens and tools promptly after printing.