Sehestedt's Wall Glazing Ground 

A solvent-free, washable, radiant white, matte wall coating with good filling and coverage quality for interior use on all higher impact surfaces in kitchens, baths, etc. This highly gas and vapour permeable casein-wax-resin dispersion paint is particularly suitable as a fast glazing ground. On this watercolor ground plant colors and other suitable pigments are easily and durably applied with Sehestedt's Glaze Binder (Art. Nr. 2600).  

Sehestedt's Casein Glazing Ground is easy to apply, it is anti-static, reduces dust build-up in living areas, allows easy redecoration - simply paint over, has good coverage quality on solid surfaces. Materias as quartz or cellulose flakes can be blended in for wall structuring.  

Ingredients, in decreasing concentration: soft water, Dolomite rock meal, talcum, China-clay, finest glimmer, titan dioxide, sasein (New Zealand), beeswax-and shellac soap, natural latex milk, borax, castor oil, dammar resin, methyl cellulose and bentone soil.  

Solvent-free!!!  

Storage: store in a cool, dry place, protect from freezing. Unopened containers can be kept for up to 6 months.  

Preparation: subsequent plant color glazing is best possible on walls papered with oatmeal wallpaper that has been coated with Casein Glazing Ground. Lime-cement plasteer must be neutralized with alum, gypsum plaster with Sehestedt's Wall Saler. Plant colors will neither tolerate an acidic nor an alcaline undercoat.  

If glazing should not be intended or a brilliant white coat not be necessary, the amount of titan dioxide in the product will be considerably reduced. There we recommend the application of Casein Binder Paint (Art.Nr. 2550) which is old-white and can be perfectly tinted with soil pigments. It is sold at a good price.  

Application and coverage: one 10.0 l container is sufficient for approx. 60 - 80 m² brilliant white wall surface. The surface should be checked very carefully for irregularities as every defect will be all too obvious after subsequent glazing, so better fo a second coat.  

Do not glaze before complete hardening (approx. 1 - 2 days).  

Sehestedt's Natural Colors offers two different binder systems or wall glazing.  

Sehestedt's Glazing Binder with Chitosan  

Sehestedt's Chito Glazing Binder is an oil/water emulsion produced with the natural emulsifier chitosan from the selected pure natural raw materials: water, a special combination of plant oils and chitin/chitosan from the shells of crustacea, a raw material similar to cellulose producing a horn-like, breathable surface and having a preserving effect.  

A water dilutable binder for soil, mineral color wall glazes on white, reflecting surface (best with casein Wall Glazing Ground Art. Nr. 2560).  

It can also be used as medium in tempera painting. After drying it is wipe- and wash-fast, elastic, physiologically safe.  

Store in a cool (approx. 4° C) dry place. Protected from freezing it can be kept for up to approx. 9 months.  

Sehestedt's Chito Wall Glazing Color  

Water dilutable soil or plant dye glazing paint for a surface coated with a white, reflecting finish (Casein Wall Glazing Ground Nr. 2560 or Pre-Varnish Nr. 2114 on plaster, wallpaper, wood, metal...)  
Can also be used as color in tempera painting. After drying wipeable and washable, elastic, physiologically safe. Stored cool (approx. 4°C) and protected form freezing it can be kept for up to one year.  

Produced from the pure raw materials: waterm a special combination of plant oils and chitin/chitosan from the shells of crustacea, a raw material similar to the structure of cellulose producing a horn-like, breathable surface and having a preserving effect...  

Shake or stir before use!  

Thin the wall glazing paint 1:3 to 1:8 with soft water (with plant dyes use destilled or decalcified water). Test on inconspicuous spot of the wall! To maintain the high rub-off and water fastness even with strong dilution add some Glazing Binder (Art.Nr. 2600). Give the first coat with Wall Glazing Paint the most delicate finish so that only a touch of color will be noticeable, to produce an even glazing.  

Sehestedt's Beeswax Wall Glazing Binder  

For Plant Color Paste  

Water dilutable binder for plant, soil and mineral wall glazes on white, reflecting ground ( best: Wall Glazing Ground, art. nr. 2560 )  

Can also be used in tempera painting.  

After drying, wipe and wash-fast, elastic, physiologically safe. Stored in a cool place and protected from freezing it can be kept for up to approx. 9 months.  

Ingredients: water, New Zealand casein, beeswax, carnaubawax, shellac, borax, dammar resin, mica, bentonite, castor-standing oil and latex milk.  

Application tips: stir Plant Color Paste into the Beeswax Glazing Binder according to desired color intensity. We recommend one to two tablespoons of paste on 0.75 l binder. Dilute 1:3 - 1:8 with soft water (with plant colors use destilled water).  

Test on inconspicuous spot!  

Swiftly apply on wall as evenly as possible in circles or eights avoiding overlapping or joining of coats with wide paint brush ( thick, not too fine natural hair ), dab brush, natural sponge or with mohair covered pad ( Glazing Pad Kit, art. nr. 70011 ). After drying for approx. 30 minutes apply as many layers as necessary to obtain the desired color ( allowing each layer to dry for 30 minutes) in the same way. The colors will not be mixed beforehand, the desired color shades are produced by applying several layers on the wall, each layer having a different color. (example: one layer of yellow, another blue will produce a green glaze). With this technique color effects are produced that are impossible with opaque color. Glazing produces a transparent surface and architectional space turns into a color space which is quite a different and new experience.  

Clean equipment immediately after use with water and soap.  

Coverage: for a glaze diluted 1 : 6 and applied twice 0.75 l Wall Glaze Binder and 1 - 2 tablespoons Color Paste are sufficient for approx. 25 m².  

Please request a color card!  
 
 

The Technique of Glazing  

Glazing is an art requiring a great deal of skill and sensitivity. Artistic success is therefore a question of practising the technique described more exactly in the following.   
As mentioned above the walls must be coated with Sehestedt's Wall Glazing Ground after having washed old coats clean and fat-free or removed distemper coats. Gypsum plaster or other highly absorbent surfaces must be pre-treated with Sehestedt's Wall Sealer. Highly alcaline cement or lime plaster in new buildings must be neutralized with alum to produce a surface as neutral as possible for glazing with plant colors ( test with litmus paper 6-7). 
Particularly the thoughtful or phlegmatic person will appreciate the quiet work with a round natural sponge. The results will be something special. Due to the holes in the sponge, especially when layers of different colors are applied, effects can be produced, impossible with any other technique or material. So for example orange - produced by yellow and red layers - will always show yellow and red dots through the orange color.  
To prevent beginners from disappointing results we offers a glazing pad kit, consisting of a mohair covered pad, a color basin, and a roller in the basin that transports the thin color onto the pad. This technique has the great advantage of preventing the color from `raining' or flowing down. Apart from this the color will also coat the corner of the adjoining wall without producing `nests'. With this method you won't get on as quickly as with a broad brush or dab brush but the results will be very good.  

It is best to start with a staight application on one corner of the adjoining wall , take it up, and continue in crcling or lemniskate movements until no color is left on the pad. Now the pad is covered with color again over the roller in the basin, and a secong stripe is applied beside the first avoiding overlapping. With the dry pad the moist surfaces can be linked with each other.
After complete hardening of the glazing ground, glazing can be started. 

Important tip for how to mix the glazing color from Sehestedt's beeswax binder, plant colors or Sehestedt's soil or mineral color paste with water: 

as known with cake baking, always add the thin ingredient to the thick one and they will easily mix. 

Glazing is carried out in two phases overlapping each other: 

1. Application of the liquid color with a broad brush 

2. Spreading the still wet color again with a broad dry brush or better with a so-called dab brush. 
It is best to work in a two- or threesome as glazing has to be effected quickly. An even glazing without too big `clouds' will be produced by careful and even application of the color in rythmic movements. We recommend two reliable rythms: 

First wield the color from top to bottom with vertical strokes, each stripe approx. 1 m broad. A second stripe is done beside, avoiding the joins' overlapping. The two stripes must be all wet. Now the color is quickly spread either with straight horizontal strokes or in slanting lemniskates (eights) (see drawing). It is important to work quickly as the outer color stripes must always be moist to avoid double application and so producing clouds. Everybody will soon find his own rythm according to his temperament and so the glazing of an experienced artist will bear his own mark. It is also possible of course to start with slanting lemniskates, spread with horizontal movements and even out with straight strodes to finish. Beginners, unexperienced with brush work, will have much better results with a sponge or glazing pad. 

If the glazing is not to be carried out by yourself, we recommend the ...... 

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