Instructor Brian Bullard leads you through the process with simple tools and locally available materials to marble, woodgrain, distress, crack, age, gild, and decorate the surface. Students faux finish actual pieces of furniture and fixtures in the classroom during the "free time" project. With assistance from the instructor, the only limit is your imagination.
How to quickly clean, repair, patch, sand and prime any surface in prep for faux finishing. Learn to prep formica and other laminates as well as raw, pre-stained, or painted wood surfaces. Find out how to use varnish, shellac, polyeurethane, polycrylic, and other clearcoats to protect your faux finish and set the final sheen!
Faux finishes taught include:
Aging Effects: *Antique Wash *Distressed Strie' *Verdigris Patina *Large Craquele' (crackle) *Small Craquele'
Woodgraining Techniques: *Walnut Burl w/ Beer-glaze *Simple Woodgraining *French Country Look (Clair-bois) *Colonial Graining w/ wheat-Base
Marbling Techniques: *Guatemala Green Marble *Veined Carrarra *Faux Malachite *Pink Portugese Marble
Metallic Applications: *Distressed Gilding w/ composition gold leaf *Gold Ornament w/ composition gold leaf *Gold Lacquer Striping *Dull Gold & Copper Glazing
Pricing is discussed in a one-hour session and you will receive a pricing guide for furniture and fixtures as well as a diploma for completing the class. More info at the link below.
http://decartctr.tripod.com/fauxfinishfurniture.html
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