Transform a lamp base into a piece of art with help from Donna Babylon. Not only does the stone finish add texture and depth to a lamp, but this easy designer look is accomplished with just paints.
Materials:
ceramic lamp base
sandpaper
tack cloth
masking tape
painter's tape
Krylon Primer
Krylon Living Colors acrylic paint
Krylon Make It Stone kit
Steps:
- Rough up the lamp base with sandpaper.
- Remove dust and dirt with tack cloth.
- Cover up any working parts of the lamp with masking tape.
- Completely cover the lamp base with primer and allow to dry.
- Using a back-and-forth movement, spray-paint the base with acrylic color.
- Allow to dry 24 hours so the paint can cure.
- You can create a design on the lamp base with painter's tape. The area you mask off will not have the "stone" look.
- Apply spray stone in short spurts. Allow this coat to dry for at least six hours.
- Apply the clear protective coat that comes in the stone kit.
- Remove the painter's tape by pulling it back over itself.
Resources Krylon Living Colors
Krylon Products Group
Website:
www.krylon.com
Krylon Make It Stone! spray paint
Krylon Products Group
Website:
www.krylon.com
Guests Donna Babylon
Author / Designer / Owner, Windsor Oak Publishing
Toll-free: 888-919-8227
Fax: 410-848-3293
E-mail:
Donna@WindsorOak.com
Website:
www.moresplashthancash.com
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