I’m looking to reduce the absorbancy of an acrylic primed surface (either canvas glued to board or primed Masonite) without the use of leads.
My thinking is: a thin layer of titanium white mixed with a bit of alkyd could work. Due to the alkyd it’d dry quickly, so no major risk of upper layers drynig faster.
Basically: deliberately pushing it slightly towards saturation point of oil vs pigment, but not so far that it’d be over saturated.
Does anyone know if this would cause issues? I presume that it’d all be in the exact ratios used.
I can imagine that too much would push past saturation point and get delamination issues. But would 20 or 40% be within limits, but reduce the amount of oil from upper layers that could sink lower?
Not sure if this ratio would cause a weaker film. I know that if I did this with plain oil: the oil would make for a weak film, but I’ve heard that alkyds are stronger. As it’s a ground/primer, yellowing is not an issue.