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Apply Metallic Glaze to Decorative Bands

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What happens here

The presenter continues the decorative work by applying different metallic glazes to the narrow decorative bands and the intricate border around the firebox opening. He uses a tiny artist's brush for these fine details, ensuring clean and precise application of the metallic paint. This step introduces multiple metallic colors to create a layered and rich distressed finish on these accent areas. He mentions that this meticulous hand-painting is a clean and cost-effective alternative to complete demolition and reconstruction.

Goal: The presenter applies different metallic glazes to the various decorative bands and borders of the fireplace, using a small artist's brush for precise application.

Tools and materials

  • Boero Coatings metallic paints
  • Tiny artist's brush

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metallic a fax you're now I'm working on I got the two colors on my decorative tiles done I've got one the triangles done the squares done now I'm working on these long little tiles decorative tiles here but I'm using I found a brush that's perfect for these little piles this is a stall Meisner brush right here and it's working out really nice to do these tiles this is a really high-end expensive brush from stall Meister and it's very precise than the bristles are cut absolutely perfectly straight so it's making it really easy to do these tiles so I got to my second coat of Venetian plaster on the bottom got a third coat on this I'll probably put another coat on that but well that's all drying I only got the single coat up top don't want any downtime so I'm just working on doing these little tiles here and I'm just using a little tiny artists brush using the griffon to do these little piles so it's just a little tiny brush and I'm just hand doing each one of these the top is all done the top band up there is done looks really amazing probably like maybe three hours into this fireplace now I've already done the gold around the band there I'll do that golden on that fan and then we're doing the other color which matches this color gonna be doing that on those larger tiles right there this is a just a great way to you know you offer your clients a fireplace makeover you know it's not the cost of what it would cost to tear this thing out you know and then of course your house is gonna be a construction zone with everything being torn up and dust everywhere and so this is just that nice clean option of doing it without tearing everything up so now I'm going to take a

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