

Furthermore, in this case we have the advantage of having used a solvent-based golden paint (not water based) against the Pintyplus chalk, which is water based. Leslie Jamison, Bookends, New York Times, July 13, 2014.
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With the swab dipped in water, you control the layer you take much better. Reel Facts: The Movie Book of Records (New York: Vintage Books, 1978), 352. When you distress with sandpaper you can easily take the layer below if you do not go very carefully. Note: this distressing technique can be used with any paint, but by using spray paint it saves you from having to wait for it to dry and also allows you to do it just with a cloth or cotton bud.Īdvantage of distressing with a damp cotton or sponge Then after waiting 20 minutes for it to dry, we use a cotton swab dipped in water, to distress the black layer. Only one layer of paint was necessary as this gave us total coverage but will make it easy to remove sections when we are distressing. Next we added a layer of black plum Pintyplus spray chalk paint. This is going to create an effect Paint with Pintyplus Evolution gold spray to thin layers covering the entire surface. Painting and aging the subject DM books with chalk paint Pintyplusįor the aged effect we have used the combination of the black chalk paint with the gold as a base so that when the bookends are distressed the gold shows through. Once dry, we go with the letter that we will stick to the base. As indicated in the images, we stick the two slats at the ends forming an L. For these initials both the height and the base were cut to 20cm long by 6 wide. The first thing is to measure the tablets and cut them to the letter size. Suitable for use both indoors and outdoors.

Extra-quick drying RAL Gloss acrylic spray paint. Decorative Bookend Set Cast Iron Character High quality material: Decorative bookends are made of iron, suitable for any style.
