Use Liquitex Gloss Heavy Gel to increase gloss, extend volume and thicken paint, while extending open time, or use it as a collaging adhesive. Suitable for acrylic paints and mediums, it can be used on all acrylic-friendly surfaces. Use it for a variety of techniques: painting, impasto, glazing when used with transparent colours, photo transfers, blending and softening edges, collaging, decoupage and mixed media.Features: increases viscosity to create an oil paint-like consistency that holds knife and brush marks increases surface gloss, colour depth and transparency extends your colour further without affecting acrylic stability slows drying time maintains paint adhesion, durability and archival quality Instructions for use: fully intermixable with all Liquitex products can be thinned by diluting with up to 25% water (distilled water will give best results) mix as much as you like into acrylic colour to increase viscosity and transparency (the more you add, the more transparent your colour will become) semi-opaque when wet, transparent when dry (when used very thickly it may dry semi-opaque) apply with a brush as a collaging glue and fixative Caution: do not vigorously over-brush as this can result in a foggy, hazy look when dry do not use with any non-acrylic compatible media