DECORATIVE FINISH HOW-TO
Woven Metal
Artist: Tim Glastetter
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PROJECT SUPPLIES:
- Golden Paintworks Metallic Paint: Tint Base Gold
- Golden Paintworks Metallic Texture: Tint Base Gold and Tint Base Pearl
- Golden Paintworks Slow Dry Fluid Acrylics: Raw Umber, Carbon Black and Ultramarine Blue
- Small Trowel 5″ or 7″
- Whizz Roller (short nap)
- Various size & thickness Rubber Bands
- Small Chip Brush
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 | Tint the Metallic Paint Tint Base Gold with a small amount of Slow Dry Fluid Acrylics Raw Umber and Carbon Black. Apply this custom mix to the surface with a brush or roller.
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2 | Create a main color: Mix 50% Metallic Texture Tint Base Gold with 50% Metallic Texture Tint Base Pearl.
3 | Using a trowel, apply a very thin layer of this main color to the surface. The surface area does not need to be 100% covered, and keeping the product thin is important. Keep the product wet.
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4 | Construct Roller: While you are creating the main color and before you start troweling, place multiple size and width rubber bands around a small short nap 6″ mini roller. This will be used to achieve texture.
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5 | Using the mini roller with rubber bands attached, roll through the wet, thin texture repeatedly to form texture and level out the thickness. Roll consistently in one direction if you want to achieve the same look/finish as shown.
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6 | (Optional Step) Create an accent color: Mix Metallic Texture Tint Base Gold with an intense shot of Slow Dry Fluid Acrylic Ultramarine Blue.
Note: Mix a very small amount – ¼ cup is enough for an entire room. This color is intended to be very subtle.
7 | Once you have achieved the texture you desire, use the chip brush to apply very sparse and random thread-like amounts of the accent color and gently roll back through these areas until color fades into main color, creating a very subtle color shift.
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8 | Let the texture set up (dry to touch but not dried hard) and pull a trowel over it. With a firm grip and applying pressure, pull in the same direction as the texture. This quick step will allow all the spiked points to lay down into the finish. This step is more of a compression than a burnish.
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Here’s the final texture.
(Photo 9)
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About the Artist
Tim Glastetter is a native of the St. Louis area. His lifelong passion and innovative use of painting techniques began in childhood. Tim transforms a client’s perspective of paint from a simple medium into a critical design component. This passion and vision forged the pathway for his professional career as a decorative painter. He pursued arts throughout his college education and continues to hone and innovate his craft through class and trade show participation. He is an active member of the International Decorative Artists League (IDAL) and Metro Artisans Guild (MAG). Functionality, adaptive reuse, and nature are central to Tim’s contemporary vision. Designers, contractors, architects, and homeowners seek his counsel on innovative design. Tim’s studio, RiverHouse, was originally a condemned property along the scenic bluffs of the Bourbeouse River, located nearly 45 mins west of St Louis. His resourceful and inventive use of paint during the remodeling process of the RiverHouse has been featured in multiple magazines and newspapers. More information about Tim and his Riverhouse Project can be found on his website, Tim Glastetter.
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