Wax resist to prevent paint sticky
Posted: Thu 20 Aug, 2020 7:40 am
I've never done this, but I am thinking of creating holes in a distressed paint finish by waxing the bits, where I don't want the paints to stay stuck. I think that's probably quite an old technique, but I'm not sure of the best way to do this, or the best type of wax to use. Pete Bingham used to do something a bit similar by putting too much paint on in some places and heating the paint until it produced a blister and then removed the blister with his finger nails before the paint could harden,
I thinking that maybe I can use paste wax and heat it a little bit, before painting over it, so that the wax spreads a little and gets a smoother outline to the area where the paint is not intended to stick. If the wax is then heated under the paint, will it create gassing from the wax and blow a hole in the paint? I'm not really sure how to get this to work best.
I've seen this technique on some itailian hand finished mouldings, where the moulding has been washed and some of the wash has collected inside the edges of the holes where the paint is missing. It's something that used to be seen on some older, but quite pricey hand finished mouldings and I am thinking about reproducing the effect.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Mark.
I thinking that maybe I can use paste wax and heat it a little bit, before painting over it, so that the wax spreads a little and gets a smoother outline to the area where the paint is not intended to stick. If the wax is then heated under the paint, will it create gassing from the wax and blow a hole in the paint? I'm not really sure how to get this to work best.
I've seen this technique on some itailian hand finished mouldings, where the moulding has been washed and some of the wash has collected inside the edges of the holes where the paint is missing. It's something that used to be seen on some older, but quite pricey hand finished mouldings and I am thinking about reproducing the effect.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Mark.