Gamblin Solvent Free Gel Medium Oil 150Ml

Excellent product for oil painting

Works great with water mixable oils.

I have used several oil painting mediums and enjoy the consistency. There is no smell, and it does the job. It's a great price point, too.

I have a very small space to paint, in the same room as my husband's office, and both of us were being impacted by the Gamsol solvent. I got so I was smelling it 24/7, even though it's supposed to be odorless. Anyway, this is great. In later layers of paint, it keeps the paint from smearing and showing brush marks. Good stuff. Would recommend.

I have been using Liquin for years and love how fast it dries, however the smell worries me. I decided to look for a more eco-friendly substitute. Gamblin Solvent-Free Gel Medium Oil is a painting medium that is made from safflower oil and alkyd resin. It is non-toxic and contains no Gamsol or petroleum distillates, which fit my first criteria of being more eco-friendly. There is hardly any smell to the product. My second criterion was that it had to dry fast. I found that thin layers of solvent-free mediums can dry to the touch in about 36–48 hours and thick layers can be dry to the touch within a week or two. I am very happy to have found this product and I am now using it in my paintings.

If you keep the 25% ratio, thin layers of paint are touch dry after 48 hrs. It also has a semi-glossy finish. Gamblin states it's not suitable for initial layers, but I only paint 2 or 3 layers maximum. I can make the upper layers fatter by adding a drop of oil to the paint mixture., or a little more gel. 4 stars because I find it slightly irritating and it has a little odor too (bleached linseed oil has neither but dries slower), but maybe that is only my problem.

Excellent for softening my oil paints when I need colors to flow smoother.

Gambling always has quality products. This does not disappoint.