Once
again I feel the need to apologize for this being late. I know I told
you all two weeks ago I would have this up last week. I had planned
to do just that. I did realize by Friday or Saturday that I was
running a bit late but I posted on the Facebook page that I would be
posting it a little late last Sunday. It had just been one of those
weeks where everytime I was going to work on the video something else
came up that I had to do first. I finally got t part of the video
(first segment where I finish gluing the chair) done but I was
waiting for the glue to dry. Then the weather took a turn for the
worse and took our electricity with it. Our power was out for most of
last weekend and by the time it did come back my house was sooooo
cold I couldn't work in my office. I was also afraid to start much
since the lights continued to flicker the rest of the day. By the
time we were back to normal it was time to get a Trash to Treasure
video ready to post.
On
the bright side while I was not able to work on the project I was
able to figure out how I wanted to finish the kit.
I
had purchased this bottle of Americana Stain and Antiquing medium a
couple of years ago. I remember I stumbled on it while I was
searching for some other product and got it on impulse. I had then
put it in with my other acrylic paints and never used it. I figured
this would be a good time to try it out.
I
first bought it because I have bought antiquing stain type paints in
the past but how often do you really use them. I ended up tossing out
half empty bottles because they dried up before I was able to use
them I figured that being able to turn any of my paint colors into an
antiquing/ stain would be a big advantage.
You
might be wondering why I am referring to the product as antiquing/
stain. Well, as I understand the process if you are using it on wood
it would be considered staining any other surface it would be
antiquing. That seems to be how the process is referred to on several
websites I checked for information so that is how I am going to refer
to it.
I
really do like the medium and I think we will be using it in the
future. It does give a slightly different finish that a wash or dry
brushing although you could easily substitute either of these
techniques for what I did in the video.
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