an antique out look of a fresh new cabinet

[六福動物醫院]

I am about ready to finish my beautiful cabinet on the corner in my living
,but lately ,I really don't want a fresh new out look of the carbinet,is
there someone can tell me what agent or method can be appiled to the surface
of the cabinet that resulting a antique finish?

[RamblinOn]

"六福動物醫院" wrote:

You might want to read some books about painted finishes. One, can't recall the
title for sure, "The Art of the Painted Finish" maybe, by Patricia somebody?
Gives instructions for many techniques and recipes for glazes. Purchasing
pre-mixed glazes can be fairly expensive. I've never dabbled with the latex
stuff that comes pre-mixed. Like to mix my own. You can muck around mixing
your own paint colors, too, if you want to get wild :o) Use acrylic artist
colors for latex, oil artist colors for alkyd. You can experiment with small
amounts, but mix enough for the whole project before you begin. I'd recommend
experimenting on scrap board before proceeding to the good stuff. I finished a
chest a while back by putting on white primer, painting on a light terra cotta
alkyd paint, then taking off the terra cotta in some places to imitate wear
edges of drawers and doors, around knobs, etc. Looks pretty old and trashy :o)
You could use any colors - build layers of complementary colors, put on a dark
undercoat, vary the depth of what you take off down through the layers, etc. Was
going to put a dark glaze over it all but it did strange things to the color.
Do you have specific colors in mind? What colors are in the room? What style
is the cabinet?

--
"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."
Kierkegaard

[Dan Hicks]

There are a hundred ways to do this, depending on what you want. If you
want a painted look then a regular glaze approach is probably the best
way to go. If you want a stained/varnished look then probably the best
way to go is to first stain with a moderately dark stain, varnish
normally, then brush on a dark colored (stained) varnish and rub off
most of it, so that the dark varnish is left in the corners and details.

I'd suggest you go to the library and read through several books on faux
finishes before doing anything, though. And, of course, practice on
something else first.

[sixfah]

I have try the method you mentioned ,but the two layers of the stains will
always mixed together and resulting a mass,I can't understand why I can not
get a good consequence!so that why I am asking.
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[sixfah]

Think you for answering my question ,but I am not sure about the 2 kinds of
paint you have mentioned ,are you talking about the colors that the artist
used to paint they painting?I thought this kind of colors sold by small
tubes ?won't this be more expansive than pre-mixed glaze ?and you sugested
that I should get some books about this project,but I am living in
Taiwam,there is no book about this .(and I can't find such books in english
,too,that why I am asking the stupid question on the internet)

Oh ! I forget to mention that my cabinet is now the original wood color and
there are trimming and nodes arround it,I wanna it to be stained , show the
details and give it a antique like out look,what kind of method should I
use?
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[Dan Hicks]

The stains won't mix if the first layer is set (and varnished) before
you apply the second. And rather than a stain/varnish the second layer
can be a glaze, just as in the paint case, if that's the look you want.

[RamblinOn]

sixfah wrote:

> Think you for answering my question ,but I am not sure about the 2 kinds of
> paint you have mentioned ,are you talking about the colors that the artist
> used to paint they painting?I thought this kind of colors sold by small
> tubes ?won't this be more expansive than pre-mixed glaze ?and you sugested
> that I should get some books about this project,but I am living in
> Taiwam,there is no book about this .(and I can't find such books in english
> ,too,that why I am asking the stupid question on the internet)

Not stupid :o)

>
>
> Oh ! I forget to mention that my cabinet is now the original wood color and
> there are trimming and nodes arround it,I wanna it to be stained , show the
> details and give it a antique like out look,what kind of method should I
> use?

Is this a good piece of furniture? Will it be a problem if you ruin the
finish? Is it dark or light? Is it shiny or dull?

[Doconnell48]

There are a number of interent sites on Faux finishing that may be helpful.
Look up faux finishing using a search engine.

Dan
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[NOSPAMBOB]

There are some ideas at www.benjaminmoore.com that might help. I went there
for the faux finishing tutorial.

Name works for E-mail

[sixfah]

sorry for the name in that address
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[sixfah]

sorry
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