Maries White Gesso 5 Litter

Maries White Gesso 5 Litter is a heavy-duty, studio-grade acrylic primer engineered for fine artists, muralists, framing studios, and educational art departments preparing canvases and boards at scale. Featuring a dense, brilliant white pigment load suspended in a flexible acrylic polymer emulsion, this priming medium creates an ideal, non-yellowing tooth that locks into fabrics, wood, and paper fibers. It delivers outstanding opacity and coverage, transforming raw or unprimed surfaces into balanced, semi-absorbent substrates that enhance the vibrancy and adherence of oil paints, acrylics, and mixed media. The massive 5-liter tub provides substantial volume for large-scale gallery canvases, wall murals, and high-volume workshop environments, eliminating the need to repeatedly purchase small containers while maintaining consistent surface preparation across extensive projects.

Key Features & Specifications:

- Brand: Marie's

- Product Type: Artist Acrylic White Gesso / Surface Primer

- Volume: 5 Liters (Large Studio Bucket)

- Color & Tone: Bright Opaque White

- Finish: Dries to a flexible, matte, balanced tooth with light surface absorbency

- Opacity & Coverage: High-hiding formulation that masks raw canvas tone, wood grain, and dark under-layers in fewer coats

- Archival Performance: 100% acid-free, non-yellowing acrylic polymer base that protects organic fibers against oil paint acids

- Surface Versatility: Bonds securely to stretched cotton/linen canvas, wood panels, MDF, Masonite, cardboard, plaster, and heavy watercolor paper

- Paint Compatibility: Functions as a universal foundation for oil paints, heavy body acrylics, gouache, tempera, and charcoal media

- Sandability: Cured gesso can be wet- or dry-sanded to achieve an ultra-smooth portrait-grade finish or left textured for expressive brushstrokes

- Dilution & Cleaning: Water-thinnable for thin fluid coats; cleans up completely with water and mild soap before curing

- Packaging: Sturdy plastic tub with a tight-sealing lid and heavy-duty carry handle for secure studio transport and storage

How to Use:

1. Ensure the target surface (stretched canvas, wood board, or heavy paper) is completely clean, dry, and free of grease or loose debris.

2. Stir the gesso thoroughly inside the bucket with a wooden paint stick before application to ensure uniform pigment distribution.

3. Apply a thin, even coat using a wide flat gesso brush, foam roller, or palette knife.

4. If necessary, thin with up to twenty percent clean water for smoother leveling across rough textures.

5. Allow the first coat to dry completely for roughly two to four hours depending on room temperature and humidity.

6. For an ultra-smooth painting surface, sand lightly with fine-grit sandpaper once dry, wipe away dust with a dry cloth, and apply a second coat in a perpendicular direction.

7. Seal the tub lid tightly immediately after use to avoid skinning, and wash brushes and rollers under lukewarm running tap water promptly.

Quality Assurance:

Marie's art materials undergo strict chemical and manufacturing quality controls, delivering balanced polymer flexibility, high pigment density, crack resistance, and dependable archival longevity across professional studio applications.