Still working on Faux Wood DVD

Sanding old faux finish

The Faux Wood DVD is coming along.  I have been praying and working on the development and production of a new wood graining tool.  Although I have part of the wood DVD done where I teach how to do a faux wood finish using just the tools of the Triple S Faux System 5 piece kit, I wanted to include painting more grainy type wood, too.  You see, most of the richer, harder wood like Mahogany and Beech have a more subtle grain than say Oak.  However, I have added just a little touch of detailed grain on the faux wood finishes I have done on doors and the customers have loved it.

My brother applying faux painting glaze with Poofy Pad

I was using my own make-shift wood grain tool. The reason is that some of the graining tools on the market today are cumbersome to use. I never did get the rocker down pat.  The grain came out horrible and I just could not manipulate correctly.  In addition, it was just too large to use in some tight areas.  So I prayed and the Lord led me to what I could use and the wood grains looked great.  The tool itself didn't.

Well, praise God, now I think I have just the tool to get 6 different grains.  So I plan to begin filming another segment of the DVD next week, using the new graining tool.  Keeping the cost down is always primary when developing new tools.

I had my first student to try them out, too. Well actually, it wasn't a student, it was my brother. He wanted to paint over this homely mirror  frame he had bought at a garage sale.  I suggested he do a faux wood finish.   As you can see by the picture, the existing faux finish was pretty homely.  I try to be objective, but honestly, I think this is the type of faux painting that gives the art a bad name.  It had some type of sponging done in blue and red on a lighter blue background.....argh.

The first thing I had him do was sand the existing paint job since it had a high gloss to it.

Next, I had him prime it and add the base coat color.  We used a color called Fox Fire since it had a tint of orange to it.  His walls are in the terra cotta family.  The top coat glaze was mixed with black paint.  It was 1 part paint to 7 parts Floetrol. I didn't add any glycerine.

After picture of new faux wood finish 

Then I had him apply the glaze with the tools I sell in the Basic Faux Painting Kit.  He thought they were very easy to use.  Then, we used the new wood graining tools I am going to sell.

Anyway, I can't show the new tools yet, until I get the DVD done, but you can see by the after picture that my brother did a great job.....considering he has never done ANY faux painting before!!!


I will keep everyone posted on the progress and hopefully, God willing, I can finish the faux wood DVD before the summer is out.  I pray I can.