The sheen is a semitransparent layer that is applied to a cabinet after finishing. The patina is a valid termination any wooden furniture or other material such as iron or forging process. Here we will use wood or whatever you prefer. If you want to know how it looks is done the following article, how to apply a patina.
- First of all the base preparation. If the piece is wood, sand the surface in the direction of the grain, remove dust and covered with 2 coats of white latex, leaving dry thoroughly between coats. If working , you should only remove the dust with a cloth and seal with 2 coats of white latex
- Then mix white latex with a hint of blue acrylic and applies overseas evenly. Let dry. Make the blue acrylic overseas and midnight blue, a little glaze. uses a brush bristle for each color and apply them by sector in irregular stripes, alternating tone to another, so that colors are well defined and do not mix with each other .
- While drying, firmly drag the paint to steel wool, always in the same direction. The sponge in its path, will removing paint, producing a delicate striped effect. Once dry work, protected with 3 coats of water-based varnish.
You need
- cabinet or piece of wood
- Two flat bristle brushes
- extra fine sandpaper
- acrylic: ultramarine blue, midnight blue
- steel wool
- water varnish
- water
- white latex