Re: meglip
In fact, even if all the ingredients are cooked together, it will turn out as mastic and "black oil" because oil and lead are still cooked together. I do not think, however,that the quality of the final product will be the same.: Only if you stretch the definition of black oil to include oil containing litharge merely strained though it. Oil treated thus is not discolored; isn't black. Is that black oil?: There are many recipes for maroger’s medium---Sheppard's book has one. All of them have this in common: oil, mastic, turp, litharge. It's the litharge that causes the gelling. This assortment of maroger mediums led to my question: what is meglip?


First, there is no gel until and unless the mixture is added to turpentine. I have seen all the variations but Sheppard's is the only one that makes sense. I tend to believe that megilp is the black oilbefore the turp is added. If you are looking for bodyyou are barking up the wrong tree. BTW you must make sure the amount of turp is slightly less than half, anddon't use a metal spoon!

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