I'd like to introduce you to a great
product with which you can transform the look of your pieces dramatically, so
stay tuned! In this tutorial we'll be using Country Chic's glazes, some
lint-free rags, a paintbrush, and some stir sticks as well as a bucket of
water. I'm very excited to introduce you to Country Chic's glazes today We've
been working on this product for many months so I'm excited to finally introduce
you to it, You can use Country Chic's furniture glaze to give any piece an
antique look, When you apply it on a piece like this it stays behind in all the
little crevices, bringing out the details of your piece. It also changes the
color of your entire piece adding a beautiful patina to it Our furniture glaze
is water-based and really easy to work with The glaze is completely suitable to
be used for indoor as well as outdoor projects.
The finish is almost flat, so it
won't add any sheen to your project. Another thing that I like about our glazes
is that it is almost VOC free, so it's completely safe for your health and the
environment, We have the glaze available in the clear, tin table base, so that
you can mix any color of glaze that you'd like, Simply mix the paint in a 4
part glaze to 1 part paint ratio, and stir well, We also have three pre-mixed
colors available. First is the color Graphite, which is a cool grey that dries
almost black, Next we have Tiger's Eye, which is a mahogany brown with a warm
undertone. We also have Smoky Quartz which is a dark chocolate kind of brown
and it has a very cool undertone Currently we have the glaze available in 16 oz
containers as well as 4 oz containers, so you can pick the size that you need
for your projects, Before you apply your glaze you want to make sure you paint
it first So this piece we've painted in the color Rocky Mountain which is cool,
charcoal grey. If you are going to glaze it you want to make sure that you
leave it to dry overnight so that you know for sure that it's fully dried our
next step is to choose what color glaze we're going to use If you're looking
for a cooler brown, then you want to use Smoky Quartz.
If you're after a more warmer
tone then Tiger's Eye is a great option. For this piece I think a cool tone
would suit it best so I'm going to use our black, Graphite. I'm going to shake
the can a little bit and then I'll stir it as well to make sure it's properly
mixed After you mix the glaze you can grab a brush and simply start applying
glaze to your piece. I prefer using a brush over a cloth for example just
because I feel like the cloth is going to absorb so much of the glaze. Some
people prefer a cloth though So I'm just going to brush the glaze on making
sure I get it in all the detailed parts of my piece I'm going to paint the
glaze on making sure that I get it in all the detailed parts of my piece;
anywhere that dust would normally collect and wear and tear would naturally
occur. Keep in mind that the glaze will change your overall paint color.
You'll want to make sure you work
in small sections on your piece If you do a chest of drawers for example, do
two drawers at a time then you can make sure that your glaze stays workable Once
I've painted on the glaze I'm going to take this lint-free cloth and dampen it I'm
going to wring out as much of the water as I can and then use the cloth to
remove the excess glaze off of my piece As you can see most of the glaze is
left behind in the detail areas Once you're happy with the look you've created
you have the option of leaving it or sealing it with wax or Tough Coat So I've
now glazed the bottom of this table and I just want to show you the different
colors on little pieces of board here Just so you have an idea of what the
other colors look like as well.
So I'll start with Graphite again So I'm just
going to paint it on. You want to make sure you really push it into those detail
areas because that's where you want it to stay behind So then I'm going to take
my wet cloth again and rub away as much of the glaze as I want You're really
able to bring out the details of your piece with glaze So that is our Graphite
glaze on Cheesecake Next I want to show you our Smoky Quartz Again you make
sure that you push the paint in all your little detail areas And again just
simply remove as much of the glaze as you want. Most of it you want to leave
behind in the crevices. And then finally I wanna show you our Tiger's Eye which
is our warm brown color Okay so that is our Tiger's Eye on Cheesecake and as
you can see there's quite a big difference in brown tone between these two. This
is a very warm brown with red and yellow undertones and this is definitely a
much cooler brown giving you a very different kind of look.
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