Lost? Not now I'm not!
Happy 28th December! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and looking forward to the New Year. I was so lucky to have all my chicks home - happy Mother Hen!
By yesterday I really needed a play date! I had a couple of old wooden cupboard doors that I wanted to revive! This is a variant of an idea that has been doodling about in my noodle for a while.. It's a bit wonkey here and there and I didn't sand down quite as well as I should have - it was snowing! But as a trial run - more than happy. Now, do I put on a couple of old iron handles and use it as a display tray or put a hanger on the back and a couple of key hooks on the front?
This is part of 2015's new range of personalised items that will be available soon!!
So, to start -
Cupboard door - mine is 29cm x 30cm
Paint - I used Craig & Rose chalk paint - "Sung Blue"
Stencils - these are a set from Rustoleum
Acrylic Paint - here I used Burnt Sienna with some white
Wax - An oak wax then natural Beeswax.
Here is where the photos are poor - aka non-existant - sorry. It was very dark and miserable I'm afraid.
I removed all the hardware and filled in any holes with some wood filler, once it was dry I sanded down - it was snowing so it only got a light hand sand - as you can see!! It will be easy to do a much better job than I did!
Apologies, again! I have put on two coats of chalk paint and stenciled the GPS location. This can be found on your GPS/phone or Google. I used a sponge applicator for the acrylic paint - as this was a <cough> trial run and I was impatient I didn't tape it up to guarantee a straight line... The degree was made using the rubber on top of a pencil and the minute was an unused eye shadow applicator - go with what you have is my motto!
Once it was all dry - I may or may not have used my heat gun to speed up the drying, I rubbed it all down using some medium wire wool - particularly the edges and corners. It would be "good practise" to wear at least sturdy gloves with wire wool - one of those splinters hurts!
I put on a light layer of medium oak wax to help age the whole piece putting more over the bare wood - apply and buff in the direction of the wood grain. Different waxes have different waiting times before buffing and re-applying so check the *destructions* on the tin! Follow this with a couple of coats of natural beeswax and ta-dah... So, tray or wall plaque? What do you think? Though as I have another door I am probably going to do both - with more due care and attention next time!
I hope you enjoyed this. If you use any of my tutorial please link back to here. Thank you. I put in a lot of time and effort into these makes and I am NOT sponsored by any companies of the products I use - they are simply my preferred choice.
Right I need to locate a small child to explain Tumblr... Have a wonderful day.
Loves & Hugs. Lor.xx
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