Re: meglip

In Reply to: Re: meglip posted by rob howard on 07/20/00 at 5:07 PM:

I became familiar with maroger’s medium, the blonde formulation, in the early 80’s while attending the Art Students League in NYC. I’ve used many variants since.

As to its lack of body: all commercial manufacturers---David Davis and LeFranc to name just two---offer a wax reinforced version for those desiring more body. I would rank David Davis’s offering superior to yours although similar in formulation. Yours I would rank above LeFranc’s.

But back to the topic of this thread: what is meglip? (You say meglip is called mahlbutter; maroger is also called meglip; is maroger mahlbutter then? But so what? We still haven’t identified it.)

You say meglip is made without a leaded oil. This doesn’t really help does it? On the censored forum you declared that meglip was maroger with the addition of stand oil and ascribed all manner of ills to that concoction. Obviously you don’t know. We’ll leave it to those more objective (not peddling product) to further this discussion.

While I stopped using maroger’s medium many years ago as my every-day medium, I continue to procure samples of different mediums and ingredients as they become available. I’ve also tried your copal and wax mediums, both of which were throw out. That’s typical for me.

It’s widely know that because of mastic’s softness it’s more susceptible to damage than hardier mediums. This I can confirm. Twenty year old paintings done with maroger’s show more wear and tear than non maroger’s of similar or older age.
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