Making Your Own Faux Crackle Paint and Saving Money!

by Jeremy Berger

Making your own faux crackle is very easy to do. Faux Crackle painted finishes are very trendy faux finishes that can be used to antique many items such as, picture frames, furniture, cabinets, moldings and even walls. You will see that rather than purchasing crackle products from a store you can mix your own faux crackle painted finishes from scratch with ease, since all that is needed is some paint water and glue. This mixture when applied will have all the beauty of any manufactured material and you will find that your final faux crackle painted finishes will even have more characteristics to them. There are many faux crackle finish techniques you can use to create different types of crackle finishes. This article will be focusing on making your own faux crackle paint.Crackle Ingredients

To start making your own crackle paint you will need to mix your water and glue formula in three different containers that will contain different mixture percentages. The reason for three different mixtures is that they will each produce a different crackle effect so that your final faux crackle painted finishes has some variety in the cracks leading to a more natural and realistic antiqued look. The first mixture contains 30 percent glue and 70 percent warm water, the second contains 50 percent glue and 50 percent warm water and the third 70 percent glue and 30 percent warm water.

Application Tools

You are going to need some nylon brushes, small buckets, blow dryer or heat gun, a table to work on, rags and a sponge sander.

Apply Base Coat

The base coat for your faux crackle painted finishes can be a stain or paint color of your choice. You will need to apply the stain or paint to the surface using a brush or roller, making sure to use the correct brush if you will be using oil based products. The base coat should dry for a complete 24 hours before applying the glue and water mixtures.

Applying the Glue and Water Mixtures

Apply the glue and water mixtures with a brush randomly throughout your project surface; this will create a variety of different cracks for a more natural look. By jabbing or twirling the brush this will also create an interesting variety of cracks in the final look of your faux painted crackle finishes. The top coat needs to be applied before the glue mixtures has completely dried on the surface, which can be anywhere from 2 to 4 minutes.

Applying the Top Coat

Mix any flat colored paint you want with 50 percent water so that it has the ability to break apart and form the cracks. Once you have the top coat mixture ready begin applying it to the surface using a roller or brush depending on what type of surface you are working with. Then once it has been applied hold the hair dryer or heat gun between 2 and 12 inches away and begin blowing the surface. By varying the distance this can add a variety of different cracks. You will soon see the cracks begin to appear. Once completed let the faux crackle painted finishes dry for 24 hours at which time you may apply a clear coat polyurethane finish for protection.

There are many more finishes at Faux Painting for Dummies where you can get more info on the crackle finish technique as well as many other different popular faux finishes. The faux crackle finish is in the Old World category of faux finishes and another easy finish to create is the old world parchment finish. There are numerous photos depicting many different faux finishes that can be very inspirational towards your next project. Hope you have fun making your own faux crackle paint!

 

Hope you enjoyed the article,

Nathan

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The Benefits of Blogging and Money Online

by David O Connell

Blogging is an efficient connecting and interacting tool, which makes extensive use of different Internet attributes. It is largely used by advertisers for marketing purposes. It has also become greatly popular among teenagers and older generations to share ideas and obtain guidance in different fields.Knowledge sharing and management is the most important benefit of blogging. Apart from this, other advantages include self-marketing, community building, better customer service, interactive journalism, social reforms and better communication techniques. Below are some key benefits. 

Benefits of Blog Posts:

1. Connectivity: It is an efficient and cost-effective technique to advertise the business facts and expertise, since it builds connectivity to a larger community. This is extremely helpful for small businesses, who cannot invest funds in marketing their products or services.

2. Direct Communication: It provides a direct source of communication with customers, who feel free to address their ideas, queries or experiences regarding a particular commodity. Thus, producers get an overview of different opinions and can accordingly make necessary changes in the production process.

3. Real Time: Blogging enables on-the-spot debates and discussions. It is not necessary to wait for the next day to read details in a newspaper. Advertisers make instant modifications and update the readers regarding any significant changes.

4. Democratic View: There are no barriers to any post, unless it offends the readers. Blogs get different opinions and eliminate repetitive ideas to have all the possible responses for any product or service. Thus, it follows the concept of democratization of information.

5. Search Engine Optimization (SEO): It uses SEO and thus, helps to increase search engine rankings. Costs of SEO services range from $5000 to $10,000. These services largely increase the popularity of a site, by displaying search results for specific keywords that a visitor types in the search box. Hence, most blogs have repetitive keywords. This fetches more positive search engine results and increases revenue.

6. Fast Publication: Business entrepreneurs use the technique of blogging to articulate expertise, viewpoints and knowledge, since it is a fast and simple marketing tool. Apart from this, many companies provide online blogging tips to get started with the process. It is equally easy for viewers to access blogs and post their queries and ideas.

7. Low Cost: It is an inexpensive method to bring a company name in focus. Small businesses use blogging to highlight product characteristics to promote, sell, and to differentiate products. This highly minimizes the overall budget and gives better results, since it offers scope for feedback from readers as well.

8. Reputation: With better customer service and high quality products, blogs enable to build customer confidence and trust towards the company. It portrays the site owner as an expert and maintains the company reputation, which customers feel free to rely on.

According to studies, people who post blogs or visit them experience surprising reductions in their anxiety and depression levels. Blogging gives new ideas and increases the understanding capabilities. It offers different perspectives to a particular idea and thus, broadens the social spectrum.

 

Hope you enjoyed the article,

Nathan
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