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   Gretchen | Jan 08, 2008 11:39pm | #1

   Take a look through these sites. You can sand off where "wear" would happen. Some techniques have you put vaseline on the piece and the paint won't adhere, but I think sanding can be more controlled.

   http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=faux+finishes+furniture

   Gretchen
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   hammer1 | Jan 09, 2008 12:43am | #2

   There are a lot of variations on faux painted surfaces and different coatings that you can use. One I did was green with red showing. I was able to use an automotive primer in a brick red. Finding dark brown may be a problem. You may have success with Minwax waterbased stain. It can be mixed in many colors. I used an ordinary latex paint mixed to the green I wanted. Better paints, like acrylic or oils don't rub out well. I abraded through the green lightly. I mixed some artist colors with oil based, liquid glazing liquid. I applied and worked the glaze in areas where I thought it looked good. Next came a little fly specking and then it was all top coated with waterborne poly, sprayed.

   Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

   
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   Gretchen | Jan 09, 2008 03:14pm | #3

   Oh, that is very very nice. I don't think that is what I envisioned from the question so my answer is probably not appropriate.Gretchen

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   hammer1 | Jan 09, 2008 04:21pm | #4

   Thanks Gretchen, I'm not sure if my style is what he had in mind, either. It took a few experiments for me, the first tries were ghastly.Beat it to fit / Paint it to match

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   user-224802 | Jan 09, 2008 08:59pm | #5

    Thanks for the answer to my post. Found both answers somewhat helpful.

     Working up some samples now. Have found that the base paint needs to be harder than the topcoat in the samples I have worked on so far. Stains need a top clear coat over them to keep from abraiding thru them it seems.

   Thanks to both of you for the posts. After I get the doors done I will try to post a picture.

   Michael

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   blewcrowe | Jan 25, 2008 08:39pm | #6

   I've done some stuff like this. Kinda makes me nervous because you're expected to match up some little minor "thing".

   Anyway, I just painted on my undercolor with basic latex paint, then went over with the outer color. After the first outer color coat I sanded / scraped away some areas

   1. to see if the recipient was happy with it, and
   2. so I wouldn't have two coats of paint to sand through

   Then, once I got the approval, I went and put the second outer coat on and sanded in the same areas again.

   Pee-ess: you wanna make sure your paint cures out pretty good, otherwise you can easily take off the underlayer, too.