With the walls finished, now it's time to do something about that dark-brown bookcase. Frottage Materials:
In addition to the primer and base coat from the walls, you will need the following:
Red satin latex
Stiff wallpaper brush
Smoky glaze
Tissue paper
Nylon gloves Steps: - Apply a coat of primer to the bookcase and let dry.
- Apply a coat of the paint from the upper walls over the primer and let dry. Be sure to paint the inside of the bookcase -- the outside will be given a frottage treatment and the inside left plain for contrast.
- Apply a coat of red paint to the outside of the bookcase and before it dries, create the strie, or small lines, with a wallpaper brush: Hold the brush firmly at the top of the bookcase and pull straight down to the bottom in one stroke (figure A). The brush lifts off some of the red paint, leaving the distinctive lines that give the technique its name.
- After the striated sections have dried completely, add a coat of smoky glaze (figure B). While it's still wet, crumple a piece of tissue paper and press it on the glaze (figure D), using the same technique you used on the walls. Continue this technique, changing tissue paper as often as needed, until the entire surface has been ragged.
RESOURCES :
The Weekend Refinisher:
How to Make the Most of Your Furniture-A Step-by-Step Guide
Author: Bruce E. Johnson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 034535866X
Fresh & Fabulous Painted Furniture
Model: 0806977930
Author: Sterling Publications Editors
(May, 2000)
Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.
Website: www.sterlingpub.com
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