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Hi All,

Just putting together a frame that's flat, plain black moulding - sort of satin finish(not high gloss etc)

I've 'cut round' the worst, but there are a few minor scuffs here and there.

I just wondered if any of my friends out there (that sounds a bit Fluff Freeman) had any tricks to lose these marks, or at least disguise them?

I tried tiny dots of permanent marker (where it won't be seen), but that just looks like a different sort of blemish.

BTW, this is a job for a mate, who is fine with the moulding not being pristine.

Ta

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There are two things you can do but both involve treating the WHOLE frame and not just the scuffed areas. For one, rub the whole frame with 00 wire wool, now rub with clear (or black) wax and when dry, buff up to a high shine. Then recover the satin finish by rubbing back with 0000 wire wool.
For another, rub down the whole surface with Liberon burnishing cream. Use a cotton rag and rub vigorously. When dry, polish up to a very high gloss and then matt back with 0000 wire wool.
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Thanks so much VF....I always enjoy your posts on finishing techniques etc. :clap:

I'm salvaging this moulding (not that's it's at all bad) precisely so I can learn these sort of techniques (it's not at all that I'm tight :oops: )

Thanks again,

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I sometimes have problems with a moulding that is a matt black paint finish wood grain, but some how that factory packs it wrong and it gets shiny bit along the front face, which show up, so I brush some of this on and it all fries nice and flat :clap: it's dead flat finish type
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Thanks, Sheriff Steve :clap:

I've never heard of such a product before. BTW, do you use the other finishes they do?

Can you use it to seal any wood finish? Thinking of wood dyes etc (I assume they need to be sealed).

Yoo da man, Steve :D
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BTW, do you use the other finishes they do? no

Can you use it to seal any wood finish? yes , well may be






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Polyvine also produce an Acrylic wax finish varnish in a dead flat finish as well and that's the one that I use and have been using for ages. Acrlic varnish is not naturally a matt finish and it is normal to make it into a matt finish by adding coliodial silica, which is very fine colourless silica. The silica particules are extremely hard and greatly increase the durability of the finish.

Provided you don't apply a totally crazy amount in one coat, it is a relatively self levelling finish. It is a dead flat and totally matt finish, with pretty much zero reflective qualities, but I sometimes wax it with Black Bison neutral wax which gives it a little extra sheen, but it's still no where near being a remotely glossy finish.

I don't personallly like gloss finishes and try to give my hand finishing a more traditional aged matt finish. I am known for nicely distressed and aged finishes, which look right in older dewellings, or alongside other pictures in antique and vintage frames. I also like to make stacked moulding frames and like to use finishes with a bit of body to hide the fact that some of my frames are made up from more that just one moulding.

I often mix a fairly thick acrylic paint with a chalky emulsion paint, which increases the ratio of solid matter that is contained in the paint and this not only hides the joins between the separate mouldings, but flows much more like a traditional paint and when dry has a traditional smooth feel. However chalky emulsion is made to be distressed, so the dead flat wax finish varnish give it a very durable finish and still retains that lovely soft feel.
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Great info as ever, Mark. That post is going straight into my Word doc of advice to keep.

Steve, I'm thinking if organising a campaign to get your sheriff's badge revoked. When you swore your oath, didn't they explain that you even have to be nice to idiots like me :lol: ?! (Hope you are well, maestro.)

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Steve, that Decorators Varnish is the biz-boz....a really easy and effective fix.

I found putting it on and almost taking it off (with a sponge) worked best.

Definitely going to try out VF's remedies, too....that's brilliant knowledge to have been given :clap:

I realise that being able to sort issues like this is crucial for framers, so I'm really grateful for all the help!

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cleaver wrote
"I found putting it on and almost taking it off (with a sponge) worked best."


Hey Paul, could this be your first tip on the forum :lol: :lol: :rock: :giggle: :sweating:
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Nah, the tip was all yours, Steve.....my bit was just an observation!

I'll say something useful one day......I know I will!

Anyway, how the devil are you, Sheriff Steve?

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