Members TinkerTailor Posted September 8, 2016 Members Report Posted September 8, 2016 On 9/6/2016 at 9:08 PM, CaptQuirk said: @bikermutt07-I thought antique gel left a crinkled finish, like a crackelure(?) glaze for ceramics? @TinkerTailorResist... Thanks for that. Is that for the second technique, or are they the same? A resist can be used for both. An antique is used to fill depressions in a carving with color to highlight them. Dye, is just all over colorant. The technique Dwight mentioned is a way to use dye as an antique. A piece may have an antiqued carving with a natural leather border. If you were to resolene the border before antiquing the carving it would prevent any color change on the border. Or the reverse, a carving in natural with a dyed border, resolene the carving and then dye the border. Say your carving has some lettering in it that needs to stay natural, painting a resist onto the letters by hand will prevent any dye and/or antique from coloring them. There are LOTs of things that can be used for a resist, and lots of ways to use them. All with advantages and disadvantages depending on situation. Rubber cement can be used as a removable resist in some situations for example. Scrap leather bags (such as from tandy) are great for experiments, and to perfect techniques that work for you. NEVER EXPERIMENT ON A PROJECT. Especially with finishes. Turning 20 hours of carving to trash with a dying mistake at the end costs way more than the bag of scraps ever will. Quote "If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing." "There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"
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