Metallic Elegance
A stunning warm metallic finish with depth, made possible with the Artisan Company Metallic Alchemy range. A modern reflective champagne hue, complemented beautifully by the Old Espresso coloured wax, adding a sophisticated and complex edge, to a soft and beautiful finish.
What you will need: (sized subject to the type of project)
Old Espresso Premium Chalk Paint
Champagne Gold Metallic Creme
Artisan Clear Wax
Staalmeester Series 2020 Pro hybrid size 18
Series 1060 Spalter brush
Series 3600 Natural bristle brush
Lint-free rag
Metallic Gold gilding wax (optional)
Method
Painting:
Spread out 1 coat of Old Espresso Premium Chalk Paint in all directions, loading the paint on your brush generously. With your size 18 brush, make sure you achieve good coverage on the first coat. Once dry, if there are any areas that have not been covered, lightly feather the paint over those areas.
Once dry lightly sand any unnatural textures ensuring you allow the brush strokes and subtle texture to remain
Metallic Creme:
Using your Spalter brush, pick up your Champagne Gold Creme and brush out, every now and then taking the pressure off your brush to feather and blend any visible brushstrokes for a more flawless finish.
Waxing:
Mix your Old Espresso Premium Chalk paint and Artisan Clear wax together in a 1:1 ratio, in sections, apply the coloured wax in the corners and details you would like to add subtle age and depth. Lightly wipe and blend away the excess wax with a lint-free rag. This will allow the coloured wax to sit only in the dips, brush strokes and crevices of your metallic paint finish.
(optional) Enhance further by running gold gilding wax along fine edges and bevels with your finger.
TIP:
Spalter brushes are designed to work in with our Metallic Alchemy range and are available in different sizes to allow you to create beautiful, flawless metallic finishes.
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The Artisan Company is a New Zealand owned and based company focussed upon making and providing the highest quality decorative paints and tools for homes and all types of spaces. Born out of a rich heritage of bespoke paint finishes on furniture and interiors through the merging of Taylored Revival and Vintro Paint NZ and with several decades of experience we are unashamedly focused upon luxury DIY products and in helping people achieve bespoke looks in their interiors.
As NZ's only bespoke paint manufacturer making our own exclusive formulations including our flagship Premium Chalk Paint we combine technology with our fine tuned natural skills. We use advanced machinery with an exact accuracy measured within less than a ¼ of a ml and use a custom formulation database with complex colours formulated by hand; most of which can't be replicated by machines. Our trademarked FLOWplus® technology further differentiates our range being built in from the ground up and allowing our thick full bodied and highly pigmented paints to mould and flow effortlessly. We are a proud NZ company who promotes and uses local suppliers and products wherever possible. We also aim to have a positive impact on environment through low VOC paints, minimised wastage and smart use of materials.
