Lac On Top Of Resolene?

[stingray4540]

Sorry, I've tried searching to no avail, so here I am.

Here's my problem. If I use resolene as a resist for Feibings antique, the antique still penetrates and darkens my dye on the raised areas. Because of that, I have to do a lot of buffing to minimize it and end up taking a lot of antique out of the low spots.

In my research I found that supposedly the lacquers will resist the antique better, but today I just tried it and the lac lifted my dyes and made them uneven looking.

So, my possible solution is to do a light sprayed on coat of Resolene to protect the colors, then brush two coats of lac on top of the resolene to resist the antique.

Will the above process work? I really would like to hear from someone about it. The trial and error is getting expensive...

[DoubleC]

Resolene makes a good resist, you just need to apply several light coats and let it dry overnight. I wouldn't use anything else with it. Maybe something instead of it but those chemicals mixing together are probably not gonna like each other. Cheryl

[stingray4540]

Thanks.

Currently I've tried 3 coats and I'm still having a hard time, with the last drying over night.

Have you ever used resolene under/over lacquer, or are you just speculating?

[DoubleC]

I'm speculating. I use resolene for everything, as my finish and as a resist to antique. I do use it over the antique after it's dried overnight. Cheryl

[colescarvings]

for resist RTC is the best one that i have found.

it doesnt take long to dry. i put a moderate coat on this, waited one hour and covered it with

purple hiliter.

this was the result.

[DoubleC]

What a beautiful piece. Cheryl

[colescarvings]

thank you

[mlapaglia]

Here is a trick for removing antiquing from places you dont want it, like high spots etc. use an alcohol wipe on a flat piece of 1"X"1" or something flat and wipe it over the surface where you got antique that you didnt want. It will remove it and most of the resolene too. So make sure you final coat it after you have fixed the area. Try it on a scrap piece that you have placed some resolene on as a resist. Works every time for me.