Daler Rowney - FAQs

Q1: Where is Daler Rowney based?

Answer: Daler Rowney is United Kingdom based company. It’s main office, warehouse and color manufacturing factory are situated on the edge of the green belt in Bracknell, Berkshire.

Q2: Is Daler Rowney’s acrylic paint toxic?

Answer: Daler Rowney’s acrylic colors are non-toxic as they are water based and contain no solvents. These acrylic paints have good pigment intensity and flow easily over paper as well as primed surfaces.

Q3: Is Daler Rowney’s watercolor toxic?

Answer: Daler Rowney is a registered trademark. Products bearing the AP seal of the Art & Creative Materials Institute, Inc. (ACMI) are certified non-toxic.

Q4: What is difference between gouache and acrylic paint?

Answer: Acrylic paints are more durable than gouache paints, which are more brittle and have a matte, velvety finish. They can be more easily exhibited. Gouache costs more than acrylics, but it's more natural and easier to work with.

Q5: Is Daler Rowney a good brand gouache?

Answer: Daler Rowney Designers' Gouache features high-quality pigment, which makes it an unbeatable choice for vivid illustrations. Though Daler Rowney gouache performs exquisitely on its own, it can also be used in conjunction with transparent watercolors for a more delicate look.

Q6: How do you use Daler Rowney’s acrylic ink?

Answer: Daler Rowney’s FW Ink is an acrylic pigment-based, water-resistant ink with a high degree of lightfastness and inter-mixability. FW Acrylic Inks can be used straight out of the dropper, or diluted to achieve the subtle of tones, very similar in character to watercolor.

Q7: Is Acrylic Ink permanent?

Answer: No dyes. No fade. Just pure, permanent color. And like all acrylics, it dries quickly and permanently, with no smudging or bleeding when rewetted or layered.

Q8: Do acrylic paint markers wash off?

Answer: Like all acrylic paints, acrylic markers can be cleaned up with water, when wet and the paint easily washed off your hands and skin. Once it's dry, the paint is permanent, durable and weatherproof and will not move or be washed off.

Q9: Are Daler Rowney’s acrylic paint markers permanent?

Answer: Yes, acrylic paint markers are permanent on paper and canvas.

Q10: How long does it take acrylic paint markers to dry?

Answer: I suggest a minimum wait time of one week, but some acrylic artists wait as much as 6 weeks, just to be sure the acrylic paint is fully dried.