Varnish Binder

Substrate and preparation
Stir carefully before use! The substrate must be dry, solid, clean, free from grease and dust and free from penetrating substances. The substrate should be evenly white so that the colour tones of the glazing technique are shown to their best advantage (e.g. painted with LEINOS White Emulsion Paint 650 or LEINOS Natural Resin Emulsion Paint 660, LEINOS Plaster-Effect Paint Mediterranean 680 or LEINOS Plaster-Effect Paint Fine 685). 

Processing
With a brush or paintbrush, sponge or cotton wrap. Room and surface temperature above 15 °C.

Mixing the glaze:
LEINOS Varnish Binder is mixed in a ratio of 1 part Varnish Binder and 5-6 parts water. With a small can of LEINOS Varnish Binder (750 ml) you get approx. 5 litres of Varnish Binder mixture (1 x 750 ml Varnish Binder + 6 x 750 ml water = 5.25 l). With 5 litres, this results in a range of approx. 75 m² per glaze coat LEINOS Pigment Concentrate add. Depending on the colour shade and desired colour intensity, you should add approx. 1-2 teaspoons of Pigment Concentrate per litre of glaze binder/water mixture. For the sponge or wrapping technique, you should not dilute the glaze so much!

Application of the glaze:
The glaze is usually applied with an oval glaze brush, but dabbing with a natural sponge or wrapping with a cloth is also possible. Apply the glaze quickly so that it does not dry and form edges. After an intermediate drying time of 2-4 hours, apply the next coat. Apply at least 2, preferably 3 coats of glaze. Always work from light to dark. Do not apply more than 2-3 coats of glaze per day to avoid softening the substrate. Please note: Keep stirring the glaze during application!

With a brush:
When glazing with a brush, once a surface has been started, it should be brushed through as quickly as possible in order to avoid or minimise edge formation caused by premature drying. Work wall by wall from corner to corner and, if possible, wet on wet. Apply the glaze thinly and in circular movements ("lying figure eights"), if possible without settling. After drying (approx. 2-4 hours), make a second pass: If you do this again with the same glaze, you will achieve very soft gradients and a rather restrained texture. It will be more lively if you mix a second, slightly darker colour and paint it over the first, lighter coat. You can repeat this process several times until you achieve your desired result. As a rule, however, the desired effect is achieved with 2-3 coats of glaze.

With a sponge:
Here too, it is advisable to first apply a glaze coat with a brush to provide the surface with a base colour that will serve as the basis for your dabbing technique. After drying, mix a second glaze colour of your choice, dip the sponge slightly into this colour and dab it off again (e.g. on a clean bucket lid). Then dab the sponge lightly onto the surface to be painted, spreading it over the entire wall. Leave larger gaps at first and then gradually close them. The gaps can also be closed with another colour. Dab at different angles and as often and with as many different colours as you like. Usually a base coat and two different "dabbing colours" are used.

With a wrap:
Wrapping is similar to the sponge technique: first apply a coloured base coat with a brush. Once dry, you can then roll the wrap, which has been dipped in a second colour and wrung out again, over the wall surface at short intervals. The wrap is repeatedly put on and taken off. Here, too, you should leave larger gaps at first and then close them bit by bit. Always wrap in different directions so that the texture is not too even. If you like, you can also wrap a second time with this technique using a second colour. If the contrasts have become too "sharp" in the end, you can apply a final glaze - e.g. as in the base colour - to make the surface look more homogeneous again.

TIPS & TRICKS:

- Glazes with a soft flow can be achieved by treating the substrate with LEINOS Plaster-Effect Paint - instead of the LEINOS Natural Resin Emulsion Paint - emphasises.
- If you want to achieve very thick to dark glazes, you can use the primer - e.g. LEINOS Plaster-Effect Paint - tint a little more immediately.
- Work from light to dark, so always apply the lighter colour first.
- Measure your pigment addition with a syringe from the pharmacy so that you can produce the same colour shade again at any time.
- You should preferably use a brush to paint "horizontal eights" to spread the glaze and achieve cloudy textures. However, you can also work in a "criss-cross pattern", i.e. apply lots of overlapping crosses in an x-shape or simply spread the glaze in one direction only. Try out different things!
- If you have applied too much glaze, you can - as soon as possible! - dab it off again.
- Do not paint into an area that is already dry and do not work on the same area for too long, as you could "tear" the glaze again.
- Stir the glaze from time to time to prevent the pigments from settling.
- A "failed" glaze can usually not be saved. In such a case, it is better to paint over everything again with white and start again.

Drying time
Dried after 2-4 hours, completely dry after approx. 24 hours.

Consumption
Approx. 1 litre of the ready-to-use Lasurbinder 646 diluted with water is required for 15 m². This corresponds to approx. 70 ml/m2 of wall surface (15 ml/m² undiluted), but may vary depending on the absorbency of the substrate.