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Hi painters,

I'm not an expert painter so I decided to get some advice from everyone about smoe varnish problems I've been having.

I own an old bottle of paint-on matte varnish. I find that sometimes when I varnish my models, the varnish that collects in the crevices start to turn white and destroy whatever wash effect that was there.

Is this due to room conditions like huimidity and temperature or is it because the medium of the varnish has dried up over the years and now the matte component is more concentrated? This happened infrequently in the past and has been happening more frequently recently.

Edited for punctuation

Did you try thinner layers of varnish?
Sounds like what happened to me, when I painted the varnish to sloppy and too much of it.

Based on my experience it works better to paint on two or three thin layers. Sometimes I even thin it down with a drop of clear water.

If you see a pool of varnish shortly after applying it. Use a clean brush to remove it before it dries.

That's a process of too much varnish. Keep your layers extremely light and do not allow it to pool.