These pictures are out of the order of when I did the projects- I did
these over the past weekend and it is just too cool that I couldn't
wait to share them! (actually it was 2 weekends ago now, my internet access conked out while I was trying to do this post originally, aarrgghhh! so I gave up)
I knew I wanted to faux wood grain the interior doors right from the beginning. I've had the wood grain tool since I was a teenager, but never used it because I didn't know how. Enter the wonderful world of you-tube! I watched a few videos (only one was really helpful) and said "wow! That looks really easy!" And it was!
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You need a light colored basecoat of paint on the door, and a dark color paint to mix with the glazing liquid. These are all water based paints/mediums. I mixed 1 part glaze with 3 parts paint for the glazing coat. Glazing medium allows you to dilute the paint consistency without changing the value of the color. |
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You put a coat of your glazing mix on the door with a roller, then drag the tool through it using a light rocking motion. I did the door in sections because the medium will dry too fast. It is a very fast process! |
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This is the door to the utility room on the distillery side. I thought it would be a good practice one. I am really happy with it! |
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This is the fire door between the tasting room and the distillery, we had to put it in due to code regulations. |
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After the glaze dries, you put a coat of tinted water base varnish on. I mixed the same dark brown paint with a satin finish polyurethane. What a difference for this ugly door! I can't do anything about the door handle, it is a special one that came with the door. I thought about spray painting it black, but it was a pain to install and I don't really want to take it off to paint it. |
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This is the entrance door to the tasting room. |
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I printed these hinge designs from the internet. We didn't want to spend a ton of money on fake hinges for six doors ( one needed them for both sides!), so I figured I could stencil them on. |
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Handy dandy stencil cutter.....it melts the stencil material to cut it. |
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Decide where you want a hinge... |
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Be a contortionist to get in the weird spots...no wonder my hips and shoulders hurt! |
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Finished door! I used this design on the utility, storage and bathroom doors. I'm going to use the other, more ornate one for the fire door and the 2 entrance doors. I've got to wait on those for a while, I have other things to finish so we can get our certificate of occupancy. Then I can go back and do more fun stuff. |
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So far this has been one of the most fun projects that I have done. It gives a great effect without spending a ton of money, and it was a fairly fast process.
1 comment:
Youtube is amazing to learn oddball techniques. The door looks amazing!
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