Today we have celebrity guest Nicole, of Rescued Furnishings in St. Louis.
Nicole won Best Custom Mix of Milk Paint in General Finishes’ 2015 Design Challenge
with her entry, Galapagos Blue.
Welcome Nicole – we’re super excited to have you here.
Thanks!
I have never been a celebrity before so I'm super excited to be here.
We have always thought you were a celebrity.
I will be creating a customized metallic finish on this wall mirror using a combination of
Argentine, Bronze and Burnished Pearl Effects thinned with 5% Extender.
Extender increases open time and workability, and makes the paint perform more like a glaze.
The mirror had an existing finish, so it was scrubbed clean with a scotch brite pad and
a 50:50 mix of denatured alcohol and water.
Then we scuff-sanded with a 220 sanding pad.
Then we applied 2 coats of Driftwood Milk Paint, let each coat dry 3 hours, buffed with
a 220 sanding pad, and removed the dust.
The Milk Paint has been sealed with one layer of water based topcoat High Performance Satin,
dried 3 hours, and finished with Winter White Glaze Effects.
Once finished, we thought the mirror needed more pizzazz, so we decided to pounce on this
combination of Argentine, Bronze and Burnished Pearl Effects to create this look.
To make the Pearl Effects glide across the surface easily, we added one more coat of
High Performance Satin first.
The supplies needed are: Extender, synthetic or foam brushes and blue shop towels.
We love these new round Krex brushes from Chalk Supply.
They don’t shed bristles.
They don't flare and they clean up fast - makes a great investment.
All right, Nicole, take it away.
Thank you!
Whenever I glaze I want to accentuate the details of a piece.
So I actually learned this particular finish yesterday and I'm going to start with the
Argentine.
So if I learned it yesterday, anybody can do it.
I love glazing.
So what we are going to do is take the Argentine and this brush is really great to just wipe
it on everywhere.
We are going to wipe it on the entire surface and the extender helps you have some more
open time.
So you want to just make sure you're getting it in all the details.
I tend to kind of pounce the brush in to get it there.
Okay so once I have enough of the pretty silver color on here.
I am going to switch to the blackened bronze.
And this color I absolutely love and it's going to help darken it.
Notice I am not actually wiping or doing anything yet.
I'm just going to take this brush and start kind of pouncing it.
So you're just going to dab it over the entire surface?
Exactly!
I want it to blend in so that's totally fine that it kind of looks messy.
Glaze is not about being perfect it's just about having fun.
So you don't want to get caught up in any little detail.
Again, I really like my deep parts to be kind of a little bit darker so I am going to smash
a little bit more in there.
Okay, so when you have what you think is enough, because you can always go back and keep adding
more of the different colors.
I am going to switch to this color.
So this burnished color is kind of like a copper and its going to help kind of give
it just an all over soft look.
It kind of looks scary, glazing can look really, really scary when you're doing it.
That's okay!
It's totally fine.
So once you have some more, because again we can go back and keep adding more colors.
You want to take some damp cloths and you are going to start just dabbing it.
So you're going to dab it until you get the look that you want.
Again it's going to look scary in the beginning but that's okay you just keep going and your
going to keep dabbing.
So for example on this little part right here, it's a little bit too gold for me so I am
going to go back with some more silver and the bronze here in a minute to just kind of
make it blend a little bit better and when you get too much glaze you can just switch
to a new spot on your towel.
It's not that serious.
What we are going for is a really hammered finish.
You can tell there is multiple colors but you cant really tell what the colors are or
how you got that look it just looks awesome.
But the secret is you did it yourself.
Okay, so I am just going to add a few more little spots here.
If you get too much just wipe it off on the edge, especially towards the interior you
don't want it to be too filled with color.
Okay, so I think this is going to finish it.
So just dab it.
and I am gonna grab a new fresh towel.
It's looking great.
Another thing you can do too, especially on a piece that has this much detail.
You can take a smaller brush, I will show you here in a second, and really get in those
deep spots, if you want.
You can just have fun with it.
You can make it more gold, you can make it more silver, you can make it more bronzy - totally
up to you, kind of the look you are going for.
But if you really wanted to accentuate any particular color, you could take one of these
brushes and for example if I wanted some more of the gold kind of in this area you can just
blend it with the brush.
If i wanted some of the dark brown kind of in the deep parts. sometimes you like to draw
your eye to the center of the piece.
you can just do the same thing kind of make it have a little bit more dimension in another
spot.
I think I kind of like how that is looking.
What do you think?
It's gorgeous.
It's gorgeous!
To save on time, we finished the mirror in our studio, letting the Pearl Effects dry
for 12 hours, and finished off with 3 coats of water based topcoat - we used clear-drying
High Performance Satin.
Here’s how the finished mirror turned out.
Nice work Nicole!
Thank you!
You can find Nicole’s work online at rescuedfurnishings.com and on her Facebook page.
TARA’S TIPS: - Apply Pearl Effects over sealed surfaces
only.
- Always seal Pearl Effects with topcoat.
- Dry-time to touch: 2 to 4 hours.
- Dry-time to Recoat when using as a paint: 12 hours.
- Dry-time to Recoat when thinned as a glaze: 2 to 4 hours.
- Dry-time for for light use: 7-10 days - Cure time: 21 to 30 days.
Our finishes are engineered to be compatible with each other.
Test to your satisfaction when using with other brands.
For more videos about specialty finishing techniques, check out our other demonstrations
linked at the end of this video.
Thanks Nicole, can I have a hug?
Yes!
Thanks for having me!