Thread: apologies in advance... WIP

nice legs

And now I can see why I'm lacking in inspiration ... better ring Brown Bros for a case of muscat woops inspiration

Originally Posted by Chief012

"Jo Sonja" makes a paint on medium that when a top coat is applied leaves a cracked finish to the paint. It's available at all good craft shops yet very few butchers,...

thanks Chief, I found some today in the craft section of the BIG GREEN SHED, it's a bit thin on instructions so I'll trial it over the weekend.
I gather I undercoat, then a colour that is to show through at the cracks, then the 'jo sonja' by brush and then the final coat which, according to the minimalist instructions, cracks more if laid on thick..... a bit like me

fletty

So thats what all the screaming was about -2C temps and being sent to the shed.

Looks good maybe the Brown Bro's gave you more fortification then you figured. Images of a British Bulldog on steroids with looooooooong legs.

Yes thats it fletty,..details on the bottle are a bit thin!

I scored a few hours in the shed this afternoon so I made and fitted drawer slides, drawers (simple gifkin boxes) and false drawer fronts. I normally make drawer guides and supports and fit then around the drawers with a singe thickness of paper for clearance

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It is now temporarily assembled and, after some more sanding, I'll apply the final finish of undercoat, base colour (probably tan) crackle medium and then ivory gloss which will/should/may crackle and expose the tan underneath

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fletty

Looking much improved since my last comment..

looks like it's about to waltz off the piccy

As I said at the beginning the table is to be finished with crackle paint and I also confessed that I don't/didn't know anything about it! Well the forum and Uncle Google have helped out and I've now done my first sample piece before commiting to the table itself.


The paint story so far

• puttied with spakfilla
• finish sanded
• 2 coats of undercoat lightly sanded between and after

and then, on the sample piece only,

• one coat of tan
• one brushed coat of Jo Sonja crackle medium
• spray coat of the final ivory colour

and then science, chemistry and voodoo take over with frantic crackling happening before my very eyes. I placed the sample piece on the table top to check the effect

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and, although I like the effect, I think it would be overwhelming on the whole piece.
I'm thinking of doing the top only with the crackle finish and 'plain' paint on the remainder,

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At least I can trial it by taking the top to the final finish ..... and having a look,

fletty
PS, the pics were taken on my mobile because it was too bl**dy cold to come up to the house and get my camera!

Originally Posted by fletty

... and now I can start researching 'crackle painting!
fletty

I've no idea what you want to paint it with but Jo Sonja does a Crackle Glaze for acrylics.

Fifth item down on the Web Page.

Looking forward to seeing the finished article now.

Your dead right about the cold door was down the whole time I was out turning yesterday had to come in and have a bath to warm up before grandies invaded for the evening.


Love the look and agree if the whole thing was crackle would be over the top.

I snuck a few more hours on the table but mostly to fix up the mess I made on the weekend. The undercoat, tan, crackle medium and top coat are all water based. When I painted the top coat it was too 'watery' and it seemed to smudge the crackle medium and I ended up with a mix of 'crackles' and 'smudges'. I removed the whole finish from the top and started again. This time I am happy with it ......

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all that is left to do now if fix the top with Z clips, clean up the paint job, (probably) a coat of clear to seal the top and fit rusty wrought iron provincial drawer handles...

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I don't think I'm ready to move completely to sculptural, soft wood furniture but it was fun,

fletty

Just my opinion but I think this needs a little more crackle. On the top of the legs for example.

Originally Posted by Christos

Just my opinion but I think this needs a little more crackle. On the top of the legs for example.

I've been sitting looking at it and I think I agree with you. Maybe some irregular patches of crackle on the hips and legs. Problem is, to create a patch of crackle needs a matching patch of tan and crackle medium which won't merge smoothly with the surrounding UNcrackled areas ..... more liqueur muscat!

fletty

I was getting to the point where I should involve the owner in decisions about more crackle and 'distress' so I fitted some big-green-shed-French-provincial-handles and took it around tonight. They loved it!

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fletty