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Antique after acrylic paint?

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This piece has a really nice finish that I'd like to duplicate. I haven't done any antiquing before but I've read some notes on here. I'm a little confused about how to get the look if I've already dyed/painted with Acrylic (Angelus)? Do I still need to resist, or does acrylic do that for me? Any guesses on the products? Fiebrings and Tan-Kote?

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In my experience antiquing over paint works without resist. It will age some colors, like white, better than others. It depends on what look I am after as to what I do with the antique gel or paste. I also use Angelus a lot on my pieces.

 

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33 minutes ago, Bodean said:

In my experience antiquing over paint works without resist. It will age some colors, like white, better than others. It depends on what look I am after as to what I do with the antique gel or paste. I also use Angelus a lot on my pieces.

 

 

 

 

Wow, really nice details! I wish I had better hand-eye coordination and craftsmanship.

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I use Liquitex acrylics and Tandy Eco-Flo antiques.  I have on occasion had some of the paint rub off on high points, maybe from my own rubbing action when wiping off the antique.  I like to put a layer of a clear acrylic finish over the painting to seal and protect it before antiqing.  With a lacquer based resist (like Neat Lac/Clear Lac/Wyosheen) the solvent can easily dissolve the acrylic so I don't recommend using those over acrylic paints.

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