Lascaux Acrylic Sizing 2005 — Acrylic sizing for raw canvas

Lascaux Acrylic Sizing 2005 — pre-sizing for canvas, solvent-free

Sizing 2005 is the water-based sizing Lascaux uses to prepare raw canvas before priming. It is a thick liquid, 3,000 to 4,000 mPa·s at 20 °C, dilutable in water and free of solvents and plasticisers. Unlike a traditional animal-glue ground, it does not gel when cold and needs no heating: it is applied as it comes, at room temperature.

What is it used for?

• Sizing raw linen freshly stretched on a frame, before applying gesso
• Sealing the weave of a porous cotton so the priming does not sink into the fabric
• Reducing bleed-through of paint to the back of the canvas
• Preparing a flexible, porous support that will receive oil paint

Why choose Sizing 2005?

• Not classified as hazardous under the CLP Regulation on chemical products: no pictogram and no signal word. It is not dangerous goods in transport either
• Colourless: it dries without altering the colour of the fabric, as the sample on raw linen shows
• Dilutes and cleans up with water, with no need for solvents in the studio
• At 3,000 to 4,000 mPa·s it is a thick liquid that stays where you put it instead of running through the weave
• Excellent penetrating power and highly economical: a diluted litre covers a great deal of canvas
• Declared elastic, age-resistant and non-yellowing

How to apply it

• By brush: diluted 1:1 with water, spread evenly and generously. By palette knife: undiluted
• Coverage: around 80 ml/m² per coat, depending on how it is applied and on the support
• Stretch the canvas taut before sizing it. It may slacken as it dries, depending on the weight and weave of the fabric: if so, re-stretch it before priming
• On fibrous fabrics, sand the sizing once thoroughly dry with the finest sandpaper or a pumice block
• Work with the support and the room at 8 °C minimum
• It takes an acrylic primer on top: Lascaux Primer, Gesso or Structura

Presentation and storage

• Presentation: 500 ml jar, 1 litre jar and 5 litre bucket
• Supplied to order, usually around two weeks from order confirmation
• Store in a cool, dry place, in its original container, away from heat and direct sunlight

Lascaux Colours & Restauro has manufactured in Brüttisellen, Switzerland, since 1963.

Where it should not be used

• Not to be applied to the textile support of an original artwork, front or back. Its place is new canvas, and there it has no such limitation
• It is not a relining adhesive nor a paint-layer consolidant. If that is what you need, write to us and we will point you to the product that does it
• It does not replace a traditional animal-glue and filler ground, nor does it aim to reproduce one. It is a different thing, for a different way of working
• It is a painting medium, not a material for intervention on cultural heritage

Safety

• EUH208 — Contains 1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one and the mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one and 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (3:1). May produce an allergic reaction.
• EUH210 — Safety data sheet available on request.
• If you are already sensitised to isothiazolinones, avoid contact. Use protective goggles against splashes
• If it gets on your skin, wash with soap and water. Do not use solvents or thinners
• Do not pour down the drain

Frequently asked questions

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