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Faux Wood Graining Ash

May 6, 2009
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The background for faux wood graining ash is the same as that we have described for oak. It consists of white stained with ochre. If the ground is stippled before the wiping out,it should be done with raw umber and raw sienna in glaze; reduce their strength by the addition of white so that the [...]

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Special Tips For Faux Wood Graining Moldings or Chair Railing

April 15, 2009

I just watched through your paint a column video. I would like to paint moldings in our library to resemble a fairly dark cherry/mahogany. Any special tips for painting moldings like these? You had some special hints about painting columns, I just wondered if there was anything special for the moldings. For one thing it [...]

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Faux Wood Graining Walnut

April 13, 2009
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At one time when graining was at its height, walnut graining was next to oak, the main wood which grainers had to imitate, and some of them attained to such skill as entitled their work to be called art. It is not used nearly to the same extent that it used to be, but as [...]

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Faux Wood Graining Birds Eye Maple

March 29, 2009
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The background of faux wood birds eye maple is a mixture of beige and vermilion mixed – the vermilion is used only to neutralize the blue tinge of the beige, but not to give it a pink tint. The base coat must be a satin or semi-gloss paint or the over graining will absorb into [...]

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Faux Wood Painting

March 28, 2009

Faux Wood Painting is the imitation of the natural graining of woods. The technique is as simple as base coating the surface with an opaque background of the general color of the wood to be imitated (but lighter). When the base coat is dry, covering this with a coat of transparent color, of the proper [...]

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