Don't you sometimes love the look of years of layering of colors and wear that appear through the cracks of the finish of an old piece of furniture?
You can achieve a similar look with Amy Howard's Natural Cracked Patina.
The process is simple.
1. Thoroughly clean your piece and apply one coat of your choice of color in the One-Step Paint. Allow that to dry.
2. Brush on the Cracked Patina. Allow to dry one to two hours.
3. Brush on your next choice of color in the One-Step paint with long clean strokes. Be careful not to go back over what you have painted or you may pull up the finish before it's ready. As this coat begins to dry, you will see the piece naturally age.
4. After you have allowed this process to completely finish, you may apply a thin coat of light wax and buff with a lint-free cloth as usual.
For the above piece, we used a small cabinet door from the re-Store. Our base coat was Amy Howard's One-Step in black and our top coat was One-Step in Linen. We waxed with light and dark waxes and applied the decorative knobs.
This process looks great on table-tops, cabinet doors, dressers and even small items. Come see us at Market Street Artisans and we will be more than happy to show you how to use it.
Until next time...
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