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PAINTED and enameled wood trim is finished with very interesting, artistic effects by glazing it much in the same manner as walls are finished with the glazing, mottling and blending methods. The object of this treatment is sometimes to give a novelty finish in vivid color effects, but more often it is done to subdue the color of the wood trim and to make it harmonize in low tones with walls, furniture and the general furnishings of the room. The work is simple to do, yet it requires the use of good taste both in the selection of the glazing or stippling color and the strength of the pattern put on to the wood.

Streaked Glazing. This finish is done on both wood trim and plaster walls of the smooth type, as well as upon furniture. The working operation is very simple but some good taste must be exercised in selecting the colors. As a rule, but not always, the walls and wood trim are painted the same color, a light tint, mixing the paint to dry flat or semi-flat. When the ground coats of paint are dry and when the color is even all over, showing that enough coats of paint have been spread to hide the surface completely, you are ready to apply the glaze streaks. The effect to be produced is that of a very fine grained wood in which no figure or pattern is seen, only the grain.

Tinting colors are used for this glazing. Choose a color of the same kind as is used for the ground coat, but a little darker. For instance, for an ivory white or cream color ground coat, mix your glazing color with raw sienna and burnt or raw umber. Mix this color quite thin. Brush the thin glazing color on to a stretch of the surface and while it is still wet take a clean, dry, soft cotton rag, crumple it up into a wad and you are ready to begin the streak glazing of the surface. Start at the top and draw the rag down over the surface, bearing down just heavy enough to leave an even streaked color on the wood. The rag should not get wet with color at any time or it will not do good work to match the first stretch done. Change rags often enough to be using a comparatively dry one all the time.

When the surface has been uniformly streaked allow it to dry, preferably over night before it is finished with flat varnish, shellac or wax. One of these finishes is essential on wood trim to protect the color from being rubbed off.

Brush Stipple Glazing. Rather novel and interesting shading is done by stippling a light colored surface with the stippling brush, using a color which usually is the same as the color of the ground coats but a little darker. For novelty effects contrasting colors can be used, one or more, for the stipple coat.

The wood is painted or enameled as usual and when dry the stipple may be put on. If the work is to be finished with flat varnish, wax or white shellac after the stipple glaze the color used must contain the least possible amount of oil.

Mix the color quite thin and brush out a little of it on a board or newspaper. Then with a clean, dry stippling brush pick up some of the color from the board and proceed to stipple the surface. In the case of doors and other paneled surfaces the stipple color is usually run along the borders of the panels, leaving the centers untouched. Casings and other plain surfaces may be stippled all over or only on both edges, leaving the center untouched by the stipple color. No wiping is done in this work, the color is put only where you want it. When the color is dry it may be left in that condition as finished, but it is better to at least coat it with flat varnish, thin white shellac or wax in order to make it more serviceable. When the stipple glaze is done over enamel the enamel should be rubbed dull first with pumice stone and water.

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