Preparing the Base Coat for Aging a Picture Frame

Video Transcript

"And if you remember we had put our crackle finish on. It is now dry. I am going to show you the next step to your aging process. This is where your paraffin wax comes into use. Wherever you add the paraffin when you go to sand it the paint will peel right off. So this is how you can see the different coats that we have used as the undercoat. So, I am going to show you how that works. I want some of this yellow to show through. Don't be afraid to get plenty on because you want it to show up. I want some of the green. So, I just wipe my wax right over that. Maybe, a little bit here of the yellow. Back over here because if you remember we are working in threes. So that our eye will travel around. Now we have the green. Some of this will be crackle and some of it won't be. Okay, once you get that done. You will want to take a little bit paper towel and wipe off the extra wax. You will let that to glob up in your brush. We have the crackle in a couple of places. We have the wax. Just to make sure that I have got enough spread on. It might even do a little bit just on the plain brown. So we have some of that show through. This is where you can do it on some of the edges. It makes it a little bit easier when you go to sand. Remember that is going to be on the high places that would show the actual wear. This makes your job a little bit easier to have that on those places. Now, I think we are ready to put our topcoat on. Just make sure you have the excess wax off for the most part. You don't want big clumps. It doesn't hurt to have a few little spots because if that just leaves a little prick in the paint that is fine. So, we are ready to add our topcoat."