I paint with acrylics. I want to try sealing my paintings with beeswax. I need to know how to do this,?

Question

do you mix the wax with something, do you heat up the wax ?? HELP THANK you, Marcia

Answer 1

The real question is: why would you want to seal them with beeswax?



Even if I would explain how to do so doing so will cause you (and whoever should end up with one of your paintings) a lot of grief and problems. The beeswax will always stay sticky, will smudge if touched too hard by a finger, will collect dust just like flypaper does and will be impossible to clean.



Why not just seal the surface the way artists have been doing for hundreds of years with varnish? Or use a 'clear-coat' acrylic spray paint to seal and protect them. You can buy Krylon Varnish or Clear-coat at any artist supply store.

Answer 2

don't use beeswax with acrylic. the two don't like each other very much. you can use beeswax and a quick paper fixer before you do an oil painting or you can thinner it down and use it as a medium with oil paint, but beeswax is wax-based and acrylic is a plastic. they don't mix. the wax would just sit on top and make your painting sticky.

Answer 3

Why not try a faux encaustic by using matte medium with a little ochre to make it yellowish like the beeswax. It will dry nicely and it won't get sticky or continue to yellow like the beeswax.

Answer 4

Why would you want to do that to a poor defenseless painting?