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Bob Kaschak
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I did the "search" thing, and didn't find much. Does anyone have any good methods?
Use a sea sponge?
What order to lay down the colors?
What colors? etc.
Let paint set before the next color, or do it wet?

Thanks in advance,
Bob K.

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Bob Kaschak
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Granite is an easy one. Base it in a really light gray, take a toothbrush, hand scrbbung brush, whatever, depending on how large an area. Flick a lighter gray, white and black onto the surface til it looks right. You can come back and add little divits and cracks with a brush using the three colors you flicked.

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George Perkins
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Try going to www.fauxfun.com----It might help you.

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Ricardo Davila
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If you are learning finising, get the book "Professional Painted Finishes" Bookstore or order from SignCraft magizine, mention this site,
It has chapters, on granite, marble, wood graining & more.

Breifly, If I am doing black granite w/pink flecks
I will start w/a pink background, then using a sea sponge upside down, that is the side with the bumps, dip into your black and randomly pat on the surface until you are left with the size openings that you want in the pink.

The book has a better way, but that is how I learned.
Cheers

[ March 16, 2004, 11:46 AM: Message edited by: Robert Thomas ]

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Rob Thomas
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I go to Home Depot and buy thier "contact" paper,
that is REALLY vinyl,comes in a varity of
Granite,Marble,Woodgrain,Stone


hope this helps

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You can use any kind of sponge and save money - but tear away any straight edges and corners and pick out a few holes from the interior - and before you start, wet the sponge in water and ring it out - damp it's softer, works better. Yes, with oil base paint, too.
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dark grey granite
basecoat:white+ black & a drop of ultramarine blue.sponge once with medium gray..let it dry!sponge again with darker coal gray..(black + a spot of white)sponge finally with light grey.finish it with satin varnish.

George Perkins method also works well!

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Bob Kaschak
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Thanks one and all. I will give it a shot, and if it turns out OK, I will post a photo.
Thanks again.
Bob K.

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Bob Kaschak
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Ian Stewart-Koster
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You could also try Murals Plus Faux website
Best wishes

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Something like this?

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This is the sign on my shop.
The base is grey one shot. While still wet, I dabbed on black and white with plastic wrap and added the cracks with liner and Mack dagger brushes.
The lettering...after drying the stone area, I put on vinyl letters, airbrushed the edges with black and white, and removed the letters for the embossing look.

Just did this one 2 days ago. Trunk lid of a race car...

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The grey was bagged on and left to dry and masked with vinyl lettering. Instead of airbrushing, the shadows were brushed on with shading black and the higlights were done with a mixture of white, mineral spirits and a little UV clear around the lettering and outer edges.

Hope this helps....
Rapid

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Ray Rheaume
Rapidfire Design
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North Haverhill, NH 03774
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I like my paint shaken, not stirred.

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Bob Kaschak
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Well here is what I came up with. This is an example for a customer who might want a granite look.

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Bob Kaschak
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You might want to try zolatone.
It works nice.
Jdee http://www.zolatoneaim.com/z20_1.html

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John Herron
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I like it!is that prismatic letter gold leaf?
looks great & your granite works well to..
I know this topic has been about granite effects,
but i would love to know how you did the letter!!


To learn something new is what we should all do.

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JEREMY PAUL TAYLOR
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Bob Kaschak
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Jeremy, the letter is carved, and gilded with 23k patent leaf. The surface under the gold leaf has some normal brushmarks in it, and maybe that is the "prismatic" look that you see.
Thanks for the compliments,
Bob K.

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LOOKS GREAT you have motivated me to go and make a similar sample and learn a new skill.....that is what this site is supposed to be about thanks

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Dan Streicher
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Bob~

Then there is the spray paint that looks like granite. I used some out of Home Depot and it worked excellent!

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Mike Berry
New England

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