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Faux Finishing an Antique Door

Bob meets with Rick and Martha Snyder to see how they faux-finish an antique entry door to look just like it was originally done.
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Faux Finishing an Antique Door

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" The door that we're working here the front door of the house is the original door from the early eighteen hundreds and -- the restoration started. These central panels had been taken out and -- of the plexiglas and put it. And there were holes in the door there scars from. Have lost and passed in the likes of it being restored and now you're taking it back to what possibly could in the original finish in the early eighteen hundred's at a full mahogany. That's correct that was. Pretty popular. Practice back and mahogany was too hard to to to make doors because it was too having too expensive it was great that is right Jack wood. I mean what is the the theory here -- painted the door itself a yellow color ivory. Exactly the door gets face coated with an oil based finish and what. Wouldn't you start off with a dark brown why yellow well you you have to have a lot of contrast and in this and this would and the like yellow gives it great contrast between. Light and dark almost as you like three different values which is what you're looking for -- because. Yeah most -- has those values and then the brown material that you're just brushing them now and don't let me interrupt you sure I'm sure it so is it an oil based stated. Yes it is all over a stain and it's it's not -- costing like a lot of things aren't that it's more. It's more day. Ticker bass thing that we're that we use it seemed worked very well. And so you put it on and -- you and it takes more job right have to wait for almost what we call snapped where it's almost set up enough where you dry brush and it gives it a little bit of movement how to do that part that Wal-Mart is working on one of those panels right down here and she can show you exactly what she's doin' I get involved in nature what what you call the heart that is arched shape in the grain. Occurs at that juncture between the tree trunk again and a big branch -- coming out right. And so you're replicating that right."

" When you're doing right now I'm blogging the glaze to give the poor texture. Think it went back to the texture of the floors only rains enough that -- would it would. And we do that despite clapping Bob -- flat side of the brush against it as you move it to. Simultaneously so you come in after he's done that step. You come in and do that well realistically you do. One person does the -- Door by herself or himself. You do your panels first and then you come in and do this stile and rail that you guys -- we work together and -- to keep our style. The same mrs. -- chosen to do it okay."

" Well now once you block it and gotten on the grain into it how do you go about creating this heart."

" Shape here that can't you do that with a brush would you like to -- the flogging first trip before right. Okay and it's just a regular kind of bristle brush for a regular China bristle -- from kind of from the bottom up and and hold it. That like that. And trying to get low and that's the -- here. And and move it up. That's good thank you -- gradually lifting up a little bit of the little bit of the blade right to create that. Right and it gives it texture. Now that's not part that the -- then what about the the apart and then you cut the heart with the same brush. You start at the bottom. And you make a little -- And it's drying because the dwindling. And then you come. You start to create a room right. And it's really drive because of the wind and let you just keep going -- not out. You need to vary. They're strokes a little bits of it so that every panel isn't the thing."

" Now what you've done the whole door and it's dried don't you have to do another application to give it that rich kind of Burgundy looked at mahogany wood path that's correct Bob we're getting ready to do door -- that we have already completed -- and we'll get -- to -- over -- like to go watch us do that China. All right now."

" Is this is another distinct accuser what is it's pretty much it's the same kind of -- it's very -- and we some some color to which -- little more Burgundy -- is that the color this it has its just to universal scout -- that comes and various -- his numbers and and and -- besides you're using a rip wiesel read that to -- red mahogany stain it already. Okay and that it opt out is there any tricks of client well it's not a trick but the 11 of the things you have to be careful balance."

" You don't have straight so when he essentially get put on them. And it looks like you're almost covering up you're covering up all accurate O'Grady well it really won't once I'm done with that we do at -- time when we do it a panel of the time. And as soon as you get panel time. And you have a nice handy very soft. Tissue. Right here at your side and you just kind. Wandered off. And -- you've gliding off than it it reveals the grain that you just done and then you have what we call dry brush and it's just. Really I'm very cheap inexpensive. China bristle brush then you just kind. Q this is -- Russians took to eliminate the streaking that you that you cost OK so -- only applied stained -- awareness that. Final time and seal it with a varnish or other Internet exactly wait a couple of days to what's good and drying on inside we use a nice. Barney's generally -- finished on the outside I do the weather in the elements we have to use a spar varnish. "

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