[TheForge] archives, clear finish

[robert hensarling]

Ok, I get it.  I've never tried that process, but I've seen some of it, and 
it really adds depth to a flat area, especially if the base material is 
swirled on or brushed on with a zig zag pattern.  One of the best I've seen 
was a room where drywall mud was thinned, put in a hopper gun, and shot on 
pretty heavy.  Then the wet soft plaster was "stippled" with a special 
brush, then painted as usual, then "dry brushed" with some gold color paint. 
It was beautiful.

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> robert hensarling wrote:
>> Ok, I'm a paint gun finisher, but I'm curious what "dry brushing" means, 
>> and
>> how it's done?
>> Thanks !
>> Robert
>>
> Dry brushing is brushing on paint with a brush that is far from dripping. 
> The effect is that generally on the high spots get paint, and then not 
> completely.   You would think that laying down dark grey and then dry 
> brushing with silver would give a very different effect than laying down 
> silver and dry brushing with grey, but oddly, I don't see much difference. 
> I will look for an example.
>
> Charles
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