# How to Make a Glaze With Acrylic Gel Medium
Things You'll Need
- Acrylic paint
- Acrylic gel medium
- Spoon or measuring spoons
- Plastic bowl (with a lid)
- Craft sticks
- Poster board
Instructions
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Check your paint – your coloring agent – to ensure that it is acrylic, or water-based. Do not mix an oil-based paint with an acrylic gel medium.
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Eyeball the acrylic gel medium and the paint to make sure you have enough to create a 4-to-1 ratio.
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Pour 4 parts of the acrylic gel medium to a plastic bowl. Use an old spoon or an old measuring spoon. The tool itself doesn’t matter; using the same tool for the gel medium and the paint does. Using the same tool ensures your measurements will be the same for each medium.
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Add 1 part acrylic paint to the plastic bowl. Try to find one with a lid so you can store any leftover paint.
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Stir the two elements together with a craft stick until they are thoroughly blended.
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Test the mixture on a piece of poster board to ensure it is the consistency you wish. If it is too thick – and sometimes it is – place one drop of water at a time in the mixture and stir it thoroughly. Then do another test. Resist the urge to add more than one drop of water at a time.
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Some acrylic gel mediums come in slow-drying formulas. Store any remaining paint in a cool, dry place.
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