Members jacket potato Posted April 9, 2014 Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 Hi there, I am wondering if somebody could enlighten me on this subject. I bought Fiebings Antique Paste in NEUTRAL and can not figure out what is the purpose of this thing. It does not give any color, not even light tone or shade, it looks just like some finish. And do I need to put actual finish on top of this? So what do you guys use this neutral antique for? Thank you! Era Quote
Members DavidL Posted April 9, 2014 Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 I've used fiebings antique black and it works like you would imagine it to. It is most likely a thinner to mix into darker stains to get a lighter shade like acrylic paints use a duller. Im not 100 percent on this but it may be why it has no pigment. Quote
Members jacket potato Posted April 9, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 Probably you are right David, could be a thinner.. Then why they did not name "thinner".. just to confuse people. Thank you! Quote
Chief31794 Posted April 9, 2014 Report Posted April 9, 2014 I don't think it would be a thinner if it's in paste form as Fiebings Antique paste is, I don't use neutral and can't think of a use for it, I use Fiebings Antique paste to antique carvings and that requires a color. I've never bought any of the neutral because I haven't had a purpose for it, I normally only buy what I need. Chief Quote
Members jacket potato Posted April 9, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 Thank you Chief! I bought neutral as I thought it would give my carving some light shading, but apparently there is really no pigment in it at all.. So I wonder what is the purpose of this antique?.. Quote
Members GlenH Posted April 9, 2014 Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 Perhaps you can add your own pigment? Quote
Members Toolingaround Posted April 9, 2014 Members Report Posted April 9, 2014 Hi there Check out what Citizen Kate does with it. I have been wanting to get some neutral antique paste to try this out. http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=9341 Cheers, Toolingaround Quote
Members treybecca Posted April 13, 2014 Members Report Posted April 13, 2014 It's used to dilute the color in antique paste. You can also use it with multiple colors to create your own color. I use it w just a touch of black to create steel grey. Quote
Members jacket potato Posted April 13, 2014 Author Members Report Posted April 13, 2014 Thank you very much guys! All suggestions and advices were useful and I now have an idea what to do with this paste. Thank you! Quote
Members AggieBrandon Posted September 21, 2018 Members Report Posted September 21, 2018 A little late, but I have mixed it with paint to get a colored antique. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted September 21, 2018 Report Posted September 21, 2018 There is someone on here that uses it for a burnishing compound. Quote
Members Sheilajeanne Posted September 21, 2018 Members Report Posted September 21, 2018 That's some mighty fine work by Kate! Thanks for the link! Quote
Members ValBlake Posted April 13, 2019 Members Report Posted April 13, 2019 Would it work for white? I know maintaining white is difficult, and the natural paste is darker, so I’m worried it wouldn’t really come out white. Quote
mikesc Posted April 13, 2019 Report Posted April 13, 2019 (edited) "Neutral" ( in the sense that they use it ) just means transparent, or "clear" , which is why some people think it is a "thinner".., it is not..it is what one would call a "glaze medium"..which have their uses.. No..it will not come out "opaque white"( solid white ) ..it will come out "sort of "milky" white", which is unlikely to be the effect that you want.. Anyone "wondering" ..To get "neutral"..as in a "glaze medium" ..you could just as easy use "acrylic texture paste" ( if you want texture ) ..or "acrylic medium" ( if you want thin layer) ..from any art shop, it is the same ( 99%) thing, chemically, and is much cheaper.. HTH Edited April 13, 2019 by mikesc Quote
Members dprezgay Posted October 10, 2019 Members Report Posted October 10, 2019 Weaver Leather has a video on it. It is used to make custom color antique pastes. The weaver video shows some coasters with a few different Angelus paint colors as an antique. You mix the paint and Neutral paste. So you can create an antique paste in any color you want. Quote
glamb Posted October 12, 2019 Report Posted October 12, 2019 (edited) Wouldn't you use a dye instead of paint mixed with the neutral paste? Edited October 12, 2019 by glamb Quote
Members dprezgay Posted October 15, 2019 Members Report Posted October 15, 2019 I haven't used it. I only saw it in a video Quote
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