SHAKE OR STIR WELL before applying to ensure that all metal particles are well distributed. For best results, most applications will require at least two coats. Apply Metallic Surfacer Sophisticated Finishes Metallic Surfacers are an ingenious blend of finely ground metal particles, in an acrylic sealing compound. (Do not use outdoors if freezing or wet weather is expected within 48 hours.) Clean brush with water. Allow first coat to air dry, apply second coat and let dry overnight. Be sure to SHAKE or STIR WELL before applying. You may need to prime the surface (see below).
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Perhaps it was a very old bottle!Īnyhow, I recently started using the Sculpt Nouveau products on the advice of Bill Polumbo of ShopBot (watch for the next Vectric Project of the Month!!). Seems ok now, and I have also used their dark Bronze and Blond Bronze and was happy with those (those ones did not have the "solid mass" problem as the Iron that I just described).īy the way, I tried calling the phone number listed on the bottle of the Iron coating to talk to someone about the "solid mass" deal, but got a recording saying the number has been disconnected. After about 15 minutes (my hand was sore after that ordeal), it finally became a paintable consistency. I used a 1/4" dowel and "plunged" it up and down and around the sides of the bottle (and stirred and stirred and plunged and plunged). But, since there WAS liquid in the bottle (at the top) I decided to try to mix it up. Had the same thought as you.take it back to the store. Yep, the iron filings had settled into a solid mass alright. This cannot be "business as usual", do you think I got 2 bad batches ?įunny, I just bought a bottle of the Sophisticated Finish Iron coating from our local Michael's Art & Crafts store just today. I shook mine until my wrist was numb, tried to stir it and broke the brush.
But is seems to me that this stuff has a very definite shelf life, unless perhaps it is shaken up occasionally as it sits, waiting to be sold. I really hate to slam a product, especially one I don't have much experience with. Looks great, so yours was not coagulated into an iron chunk in the bottle ? Has anyone had any luck turning this expensive iron patina solution into something that can actually be used ? I can't see how they get away with selling this junk, hopefully I can find my receipt and take it back.ĬraigW wrote:I used the Sophisticated Finishes iron paint on this with no problems whatsoever. So I feel as though I have basically flushed $40 down the toilet, as I can't believe that I have gotten 2 bad batches in a row from 2 different stores. Most of it had blobbed into a solid, metal impregnated thick mass, and it resisted all attempts to break it up. Once home, I discovered it was no better than the other. Shook it up at the store, felt like it was in proper form, so I bought it.
I chalked it up to a bad batch, and went to Blicks art supply store, where I got a large bottle of the stuff, along with the patina solution.
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Got it home, and it was coagulated nearly solid.īroke a painting brush stick trying to stir it, I tried painting with the gunk that came lose, but it was so thick and full of particles that I gave up. Now with the iron solution, I first bought one of the smaller bottles from Michaels. I have used the copper with mixed results so far, I didn't expect jaw dropping results right off the bat. I am sure some here have used the patina paints "Sophisticated finishes", which give an antique look to items it is applied to.
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