{"id":7684,"date":"2017-11-15T13:43:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=7684"},"modified":"2017-11-15T13:34:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:34:15","slug":"top-specialty-paint-finishes-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/top-specialty-paint-finishes-1\/","title":{"rendered":"My Top Specialty Paint Finishes #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Specialty Paint Finishes #1:<\/h1>\n

L\u2019essentiel European Style Shimmer High Gloss Top Coat<\/a><\/h2>\n

I promised my Facebook followers on PlafessionalEDU<\/a>\u00a0to post on a product I love and use including specialty paint finishes. This is the first as promised…<\/p>\n

By now you may have realised I love shine and bling. While I don\u2019t like furniture to be garish or over stated, I do love the prestige of metallic finishes and a little shimmer and shine. For this reason, I\u2019ve become rather attracted to a product called European Style Shimmer High Gloss Top Coat. This product looks like mother-of-pearl paint, but without the colours of mother-of-pearl. I would best describe it as a semitransparent white glittery coating which dries quickly and is a hard top sealer.<\/p>\n

\"Specialty<\/p>\n

I use this specialty paint finish more like a glaze than an overall top coat but intend to do a piece of furniture with this on the whole surface in time. It pretty much turns any light colour into a glittery metallic-like finish. \u00a0I have discovered that sponging or rolling and sponging it on a surface will create a frosted effect. This is what I recently used on some side tables I did in Grey Goose and White Clay. The White Clay was dry-brushed on sections over the blue and sponged in other places before the topcoat was applied. Then I dabbed it with a damp cloth to create this effect.<\/p>\n

\"Specialty<\/p>\n

It is really beautiful over whites. I use it on this bed head with great effect. While the bed head was beautiful painted, the shimmer topcoat took it to a whole new level. I gave it a generous brush over sections of the headboard. It has been used sparingly on other pieces of furniture to create a slight sheen. This can be done by dry brushing over the painted surface or the high spots of embossed surfaces or applique\u2019s.<\/p>\n

\"Specialty \"Specialty<\/p>\n

I have used it with great effect over white or light coloured paints. It looks like a Pearl over white and almost silver over a grey. \u00a0I\u2019ve yet to use it on dark colours that would imagine it to be used sparingly as to avoid looking cloudy over darks.<\/p>\n

The L\u2019essentiel European Style Shimmer High Gloss Top Coat<\/a> comes in a generous 500ml bottle which goes a long way. If you would like some, go to my shop<\/a> link, order today and I\u2019ll post you some pronto! It is one of my secret ingredients that\u2019s not so secret now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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