Watch this video to learn how to varnish acrylic paintings! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hX2G0KOGks3IdLA.html

So correct about all the differing views on isolation coats and varnishing. My conclusion is... it's just personal preference based on their experience.

The timing of this video is so on point. I bought myself my first Acrylics set for Christmas. Thanks K.. Happy new year x

@NeuroSoup

6 ай бұрын

Happy new year!!

Loved this video. Great job

Thank you. This helped. God bless

The Smithsonian currently recommends that you NOT varnish your paintings. I think that is good enough for me. Most modern good quality or better paints will hold up really well over time. I have dug out old paintings I did with student grade acrylics I did as a kid and are over 40 years old and they have not changed. Now if it will sit near a sunny window then yeah maybe.

Thanks for ur help ❤

@NeuroSoup

2 ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Thank you for sharing these tips. I was intimidated by all the brush application precautions so I just opted for a spray varnish. But now I want to reuse that surface and paint over it. Have you painted over varnished acrylic? Any recommendations? I’m thinking of just sanding and applying gesso.

@NeuroSoup

Ай бұрын

I’ve never painted over an entire painting that I already varnished, but I have painted over areas that were varnished in a mixed media work. And the paint seem to stick to it just fine. So I would tend to think that you could paint over it without sanding it off, but not sure…

@GinaSian

Ай бұрын

@@NeuroSoup thank you! It will be a fun experiment. :)

Hi! Great videos on how to varnish! I am new to it and I have a question maybe you can help with. Why does the varnish make the dry paint reactivate and start to bleed? Thank you for you videos!

@NeuroSoup

Ай бұрын

It shouldn’t, never had it do that. Maybe let your painting dry for longer.

@blackswan7033

12 күн бұрын

@@NeuroSoupmine did, and it was completely dry. My brush would pick up some of the colors of the painting when I apply the varnish

You are cool!

Does the varnish stays sticky for ever? I have a small handmade business, I tried to make a wooden coasters, paint on them with acrylic and varnish them to be functional, the problem is that the varnish seems like it's dry, but when I put the hot cup on it the cup picks up the coaster, and if there are some drops of liquid it sticks even more, I am very frustrated, what can I do?

@NeuroSoup

Ай бұрын

I honestly don’t know, I don’t make items on wood that are used for functional purposes like coasters. Maybe you could try using resin rather than varnish? I’m not sure.

@nseemal.ro7210

Ай бұрын

@@NeuroSoup I will probably try it out, thanks for your response. 💛

Do you sell originals without varnish?

@NeuroSoup

6 ай бұрын

Yes, many of the originals I sell are not varnished

@YeahRightMCD

6 ай бұрын

@NeuroSoup Interesting! I've just always varnished. But I definitely don't go crazy like some people do. 2 coats with some spray stuff, 5 mins between coats. Mostly for light protection, and since I'm I'm the PNW, moisture protection 🤣

You are cool

what happened to your OG vids from like 10 years ago

@NeuroSoup

6 ай бұрын

I don’t make videos on that topic anymoreon here, but you can’t find all the old drug harm, reduction videos and trip reports in my Patreon. Link to that is in the description of the video or my KZread about page😁

@user_19

6 ай бұрын

@@NeuroSoup dope, u are a KZread legend

Who is telling LIES about vanishing acrylic paintings?...... And who cares?

@NeuroSoup

5 ай бұрын

😂