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Supplies:
Acrylic Paint in various brown colours
(I used Americana Light Cinnamon, Delta Toffee Brown, Craft Smart Espresso
and American Raw Umber)
DecoArt Staining Antiquing Medium (Turns Acrylics into a stain)
Aleene’s Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Sandpaper
Steel Wool
Tack Cloth
Green or blue Painter’s tape
Shellac & Methyl Hydrate (or your choice of primer) (optional)
Matte Sealer in either Spray or Brush-On
Brushes - Soft brush and Stiff Bristle
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-To achieve a nice smooth finish (unless you want to age the building) it’s best to give a good basis for your paint job.
THIS Technique USES ONLY WATER-BASED PRODUCTS.
-Give a sanding to your wood, and finish sanding with steel wool and then wiping all your pieces with a tack cloth.
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-Give all pieces a prep coat of Shellac MIXED half and half with Methyl Hydrate. DO NOT USE FULL STRENGTH. This gives a nice finish to apply the acrylics. It is not absolutely necessary to do this and if you want to skip this step, it will be okay. This is just something I personally do.
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Using Acrylic paints of your choice, paint the building. I used Americana Light Cinnamon for the darker colour, and Toffee Brown for the medium colour. Because I had used the Shellac prep coat, I did not have to paint the smaller pieces the lighter colour, but just left them natural. IF you did not use the prep coat, you should seal the areas you are leaving ‘natural’.
***To see how I finished the base, go to step 9
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| step 4 |
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Use either a Matte Spray or a Matte Brush on sealer and apply two coats.
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To bring all these brown colours together, the pieces now need to be antiqued. Deco Art Staining Antiquing Medium turns acrylics into a stain. The Medium is mixed half and half with an acrylic. I chose Raw Umber as it is darker than the other colours I used and would serve to go into cracks and crevices and bring everything together.
It took approximately ½ container of each to finish the store.
Use a small jar to mix the Medium and your choice of antiquing colour, half-and-half.
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These steps have been combined because you will be doing Step 6 for a small area, and then Step 7…then going back to Step 6. This is water-based and virtually no smell.
With a brush, apply your Medium/Acrylic to your pieces. Work on a small area at a time, but you do have about 5 minutes before it dries. Then with a stiff brush, press and drag your brush along the wood, leaving ‘streaks of woodgrain’.
If you find that your paint has dried, or there’s something you don’t quite like, take a damp sponge and wipe it off and start again! It’s very easy to work with and very forgiving.
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Let your piece dry thoroughly, and then again use a Matte Sealer, spray or brush-on, giving two light coats.
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To paint the base of the store, first trial fit your walls to see where it meets on the base and draw a pencil line. Then using colour of your choice, paint the border and edges. I used Espresso, quite a dark brown, but Raw Umber could have been used also. The decision is yours.
If you are painting the walls, then do so at this time. I chose a warm yellow. Finish anything you want painted and then if you wish, wallpaper.
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Apply flooring of your choice. I used a wallpaper flooring.
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Putting in the windows…remove the brown paper backing from the window. Apply glue to the frame area and again, I used Quick Dry Tacky Glue, although other glues can work equally as well. Then remove the film from the opposite side of the window and press into place.
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| step 12 |
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To put the store together, apply glue to your pieces and assemble as indicated on the following link. (LINK)
Applying Siding
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