Here is what Luis Guerreiro originally said about the Lascaux products:
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Gesso coats can go up to 12, if you're using a traditional gesso. The Italians even used to apply a rougher gesso ("gesso grosso") first and then a fine one called "gesso sottile" or "gesso marcio", I think it was...
Just recently I have used acrylic gessoes from LASCAUX because this manufacturer actually used the same principle of the old masters, applied it to modern technology and came up with 2 products: GESSO (which relates directly to the "gesso grosso") and PRIMER (which is the acrylic version of the "gesso sottile").
I have recently, just for testing purposes used a piece of MDF [Masonite], applied 3 coats of LASCAUX GESSO, sanded a little between each of them and then applied 3 coats of LASCAUX PRIMER, the last one was lightly sanded, just a little, because this. PRIMER is VERY VERY "SOTTILE". Guess what... The result was astounding! The "feel" we all know when painting over traditional gesso can be largely replicated and the finish is similar.
Lascaux website is on: http://www.lascaux.ch/english/index.html
Regards
Luis
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