Comments on: Aging & Antiquing

By: Dentist Concord

Dentist Concord — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:44:28 +0000

Very interesting procedures. Thank you very much for sharing this.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:00:54 +0000

I think I’m getting the picture of what you have created. There are several things you can do to age this project:

Sand, using emery board or sanding paper, lightly sand areas (usually corners, edges, but any area can be sanded).

Splatter it, using a tooth brush, dip brush in ink, tea, coffee, paint wash. Rub finger across the brush and the liquid splatters into dots of color or mist of color. Ink and paint wash colors should be dark browns, blacks, or coordinated with a focal color of the project. You can also splatter with white.

Use a dark brown, red brown chalk or pastel and brush over areas (again aging is usually corners, edges.

If you can post a photo of your project. I might be able to give you other solutions.

And yes, you should use a finish when you are done, spray light coats of finish until you are happy with the results.

By: Papa Joe/Perris CA

Papa Joe/Perris CA — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:44:53 +0000

I am trying to add an antique look to a project that includes several portraits, drawing and text articles pasted on a folding poster-board. While gluing these on, some of the glue rubbed into the white poster-board and, in trying to remove it, left some dark unsightly smudged. I then tried to hid these with printer’s white-out, but the result left glossy white remains on project.
I was instructed to use “Sepatone” that is brushed on lightly then rubbed to feather the effects. Afterward, use of a spray clear acrylic was recommended.
Please advise.

Papa Joe