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Tracy8haines@msn.com · 2012-05-30 15:00:57

If I do not like a layer I have applied, ( or the entire painting) can I scrape off the wax and re-melt to re -use on a new painting?

Tracy8haines@msn.com · 2012-05-30 15:35:24

MELTING DOWN AND RE-USING WAX
If I do not like a layer I have applied, ( or the entire painting) can I scrape off the wax and re-melt to re -use on a new painting?

Rodney Thompson · 2012-05-31 09:27:22

Yes, certainly the wax can be reused. Scrap wax colors can blend to make some nice browns and greys

Tracy8haines@msn.com · 2012-06-17 09:57:34

I have some unsuccessful oil paintings on gesso-primed board. Since wax and oil are compatible, and the oil entirely covers the gesso, can I use this oil painting as a substrate for a new work in encaustic?

laura · 2012-06-25 16:49:00

A completely dry oil painting is no longer absorbent enough for encaustic, but you could apply gesso over the paint to reclaim the panel, and then you could use wax. I have also heard of artists who use our blending sticks to reactivate older oil paintings. Personally, I have no experience with this, and it doesn't really make sense to me, but I have heard of it being done.

brunoT · 2012-07-13 14:30:25

Do not "scrape down" an old painting--get a pre-war iron that predates steam hole irons--prop your table up so the wax you iron will run off onto paper you've placed on the floor---when your support has the old wax removed, wait until the wax on the floor paper has cooled and pop it off to use again--though one caveat--it will look like mud but will make an interesting candle.

--brunoT

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Tracy8haines@msn.com Member	Melting down and re-using wax If I do not like a layer I have applied, ( or the entire painting) can I scrape off the wax and re-melt to re -use on a new painting?

Tracy8haines@msn.com Member	Re: Melting down and re-using wax MELTING DOWN AND RE-USING WAX If I do not like a layer I have applied, ( or the entire painting) can I scrape off the wax and re-melt to re -use on a new painting?

Rodney Thompson Member	Re: Melting down and re-using wax Yes, certainly the wax can be reused. Scrap wax colors can blend to make some nice browns and greys
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Tracy8haines@msn.com Member	Re: Melting down and re-using wax I have some unsuccessful oil paintings on gesso-primed board. Since wax and oil are compatible, and the oil entirely covers the gesso, can I use this oil painting as a substrate for a new work in encaustic?

laura R&F Staff	Re: Melting down and re-using wax A completely dry oil painting is no longer absorbent enough for encaustic, but you could apply gesso over the paint to reclaim the panel, and then you could use wax. I have also heard of artists who use our blending sticks to reactivate older oil paintings. Personally, I have no experience with this, and it doesn't really make sense to me, but I have heard of it being done.
	Laura Moriarty Director of Exhibitions & Workshops R&F Handmade Paints laura@rfpaints.com

brunoT Member	Re: Melting down and re-using wax Do not "scrape down" an old painting--get a pre-war iron that predates steam hole irons--prop your table up so the wax you iron will run off onto paper you've placed on the floor---when your support has the old wax removed, wait until the wax on the floor paper has cooled and pop it off to use again--though one caveat--it will look like mud but will make an interesting candle. --brunoT