
Tri-Art High Viscosity - Liquid Mirror
Technical Information
Description
Liquid Mirror is part of Tri-Art High Viscosity Professional Acrylic Paint, a heavy body acrylic with a thick, buttery consistency that holds brushstrokes and palette-knife texture. Built with high pigment loading and a fine grind, it stays bold and clean for impasto, scumbling, and confident brushwork.
Pigment profile: Single pigment colour (Trade Secret). Bias: Neutral, Cool. Pigment family: Mineral. Opaque handling, strong coverage for solid passages, tints, and clean colour blocking. Low tinting strength, build your mixtures gradually for softer shifts. Lightfastness rating: 4. Sheen: Gloss.
- Pigments: Trade Secret
- Formula: Single
- Opacity: Opaque
- Colour bias: Neutral, Cool
- Lightfastness: 4
- Sheen: Gloss
- Tinting: Low
Pigment notes: Liquid Mirror is a Tri-Art specialty, the exact contents of which is our secret. Liquid Mirror is a brilliant silvery effect colour, leaning towards blue.
Great for: Effect.
About Acrylic Paint
This explains what acrylic paint is, and why our acrylic films are dependable over time.
What acrylic paint actually is
Acrylic paint is pigment dispersed in an acrylic polymer emulsion. As water evaporates, the acrylic particles coalesce into a continuous, flexible film that locks pigment in place and adheres to the surface.
Our binder and manufacturing approach
Tri-Art paints are 100% acrylic polymer emulsion products. We manufacture using a custom high-solids acrylic resin, and this binder standard applies across our range, including professional and student quality.
Using water confidently
Because our acrylic films are built on a high-solids acrylic resin system, artists can be more comfortable using water as a working medium without feeling like they are automatically compromising film integrity. For very thin applications, build in controlled layers and let each layer dry before continuing.
Practical tip: if you are creating extremely thin washes for extended areas, consider alternating thin layers with normal-strength layers to maintain a robust film build.

