Enkaustikos Encaustic Mediums

A variety of mediums and sundries for your encaustic painting applications!

Enkaustikos offers a variety of wax mediums and encaustic sundries to complement their extensive line of encaustic paints.



Bleached Beeswax – Purified beeswax featuring a chemically-achieved bright white color



Carnauba Wax – A Pale yellow wax used to raise the melting point of encaustics or beeswax, creating more durable paint



Damar Resin – Increases the shine, hardness, translucency and melting point of beeswax



Impasto Wax – Builds texture and dimension when used with encaustics to produce sculptural effects



Luster Wax – This white, translucent synthetic wax can be used with encaustic paint or beeswax to add shine or hardness and to increase the melting point



Microcrystaline Wax – Produces a more flexible encaustic paint—ideal for building layers and texture



Rabbit Skin Glue – Works great as a ground for encaustic work and is used to make a traditional gesso



Slick Wax – A solvent-free blend of synthetic waxes used for cleaning brushes, tools and palettes



Soy Wax – An environmentally-friendly alternative wax for cleaning brushes, tools and palettes



USP Refined White Beeswax – Purified, USP-grade beeswax—free of additives or bleaching agents



USP Refined Yellow Beeswax – Purified, USP-grade yellow beeswax—free of additives or bleaching agents



Wax Medium – Perfect for use as a base coat, topcoat, glaze medium or extender. Made from a blend of USP white beeswax and dakar resin. Also available in natural yellow.



XD Wax Medium – The addition of extra damar resin makes this medium provide a harder, shiny and transparent finish—making it ideal for glazes, topcoats and as a paint extender