BLANC DE MEUDON
In decoration technique : Meudon White acts as a filler and opacifying in the manufacture of a number of recipes for traditional paints such as oil paints, special whitewashes, coatings, putty, gelatinous white.
In artistic technique : the gesso, which can be covered with linens before painting. It allows to increase the covering capacity of these paintings.
Basic recipe :
- Rabbit skin glue into granules
- Water
- Blanc de meudon (Meudon white) or calcium carbonate
Allow 75 g of skin glue to swell in 1/2 liter of water for 12 hours.
Heat the mixture in a saucepan over low heat. Gradually add 1 kg of white Meudon. The mixture obtained must be very smooth.
Let cool before coating your canvas, wall or furniture with a wide spalter.
Pass 3 layers warming the gesso and adding water if necessary. Sand.
Your support is ready !
In the house, for the maintenance of windows and mirrors :
Dilute 3 tablespoons of blanc de meudon in 1/2 liter of water. Coat a rag with this preparation and pass it over your mirror or window in small circles.
Rinse thoroughly with clean water.
différent du carbonate de calcium
de la même nature que le carbonate de calcium, le blanc de meudon est souvent utilisé de la même manière. Pourtant je veux signaler que nous avons essayé les 2 pour une peinture à la caseine : le blanc de Meudon, poudre légèrement grisatre, change la couleur du résultat final par rapport au carbonate de calcium !
