I purchased this to coat painted clay pieces. It works beautifully. I work will mica powders so my work has a shimmer and this livens up the other paint colors while still preserving the sheen. It is very easy to apply, though cleaning up takes some work (but what varnish doesn’t). A little goes a long way. Highly recommend.

Writing reviews because of the #sweepstakes prod. I use Liquitex Varnish and their Ultra Heavy Gloss Medium for doing hydroabrasion (also called water abrasion & a number of other terms) on porcelain and bone china before they are fired. Instead of shellac, wax, or modge podge which almost all ruin your brushes, or aren't heavy duty enough, or don't fire out well enough in the kiln, both the Liquitex products you can use your best brushes which help you create the best designs, by painting the varnish or medium on the dry clay surface, sometimes layering more varnish/medium to get more raised areas after you use a damp sponge to wipe away the clay in between the varnished areas, which leaves the protected areas dry and raised in relief.Most products just have so ... MoreWriting reviews because of the #sweepstakes prod. I use Liquitex Varnish and their Ultra Heavy Gloss Medium for doing hydroabrasion (also called water abrasion & a number of other terms) on porcelain and bone china before they are fired. Instead of shellac, wax, or modge podge which almost all ruin your brushes, or aren't heavy duty enough, or don't fire out well enough in the kiln, both the Liquitex products you can use your best brushes which help you create the best designs, by painting the varnish or medium on the dry clay surface, sometimes layering more varnish/medium to get more raised areas after you use a damp sponge to wipe away the clay in between the varnished areas, which leaves the protected areas dry and raised in relief.Most products just have so many drawback and the Liquitex products have zero drawbacks for this process, which when used with a clay that will fire translucent leaves beautiful designs that can be highlighted with various ceramic colorants or left complete white and translucent, polished with diamond pads. It is a water based product so it comes off my brushes easily and I can keep my best brushes in good shape. I add a little vegetable dye to it usually so I can see my designs better and how thick I have made them, but that burns out in the firing, and this product cleanly burns out in the kiln with no increase in fumes like with shellac, And unlike some of the other products used for this technique, it burns out without a trace, not leaving grungy bits that have to be cleaned off or even dremeled off. It also really doesn't smell like the shellac does. I have tried shellac, various kinds of wax-ceramic and non-ceramic, and modge podge, which was supposed to be the savior for this technique but it turns out Liquitex mediums and varnishes actually are! Only drawback is I contacted Liquitex customer support to get technical info on UV resistance & aging data for another project & they never answered.

I use this gloss medium to finish my acrylic paintings. It puts a crystal clear protective coat over them that makes the colors richer but does not change the color. I can sand it a bit if I don't want it to be glossy. I can even put a cold wax over it to create a richer oil-painting-like finish on the acrylic paintings. Also, useful for extending the Liquitex pigment.