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Do You Recommend Claybord For Encaustic?
No, we do not recommend Claybord for encaustic. At one point we did highly recommended it and we still have dozens of beautiful samples that we painted on claybord over 14 years ago that are in impeccable shape even today. However, the manufacturer of Claybord has since changed something in their manufacturing process that has affected its suitability for encaustic use. The images below shows some of the incompatibility issues that encaustic paint has with Claybord. Initially, encaustic paints seem to adhere and absorb nicely into the clay surface. Yet for some reason, unknown to us, after about a week the wax paint seems to detach itself from the clay surface and shears off cleanly. This is a good example of why encaustic artists should test any new type of substrates before investing time and paint into a project.
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