[Woodcarver] antiquing look

[camperjohn at bellsouth.net]

I tried brown shoe polish but it seemed to have an "orange" tint the piece.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Smith" <baydolphs at yahoo.com>
To: "[Woodcarver]" <woodcarver at six.pairlist.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Woodcarver] antiquing look


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> have u tried to wear it some and also have u tried to
> hit it some so that it gives it dents, and also u
> could  use awax shoe polish of black or of some color
> like that which is dark
>
> Bill
> --- camperjohn at bellsouth.net wrote:
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> > > New to the list (thanks to Ol' Don Burgdorf
> pointing
> > me this way).
> >
> > What is a good way to add depth and aging look to a
> > piece once it has been painted?
> >
> > My current process is:
> >
> > sand
> > give it a boiled linseed bath
> > paint (thinned acrylic paints)
> > wax (Briwax: 2 parts natural - 1 part dark)
> >
> > The wax is good, but still not the effect I'm
> > looking for (plus, the wax will smear any paint that
> > is on top of another color - like when painting
> > eyes).  I think I need to spray with a matte finish
> > after the painting to solve this??
> >
> > Any hints would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > John
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