Remember this bathroom – my kids bathroom? Where Julia and I Caromal Coloured the cabinets in Textured Basecoat Mustard?
![DSC_4645 [Desktop Resolution]](http://fabulousfinishes.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/dsc_4645-desktop-resolution.jpg?w=655 "DSC_4645 [Desktop Resolution]")
but then the toilet leaked all night and caused this mess?![DSC_6928 [Desktop Resolution]](http://fabulousfinishes.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc_6928-desktop-resolution.jpg?w=655 "DSC_6928 [Desktop Resolution]")
It’s finally all better, new cabinets and all but thats a WHOLE seperate post.
Before the crew hauled away the old cabinets I removed the door and drawer fronts so I could use them for demonstrations. Problem was, I chose to use Liberon Wax as the protective top coat. Liberon is a great topcoat wax – perfect for furniture. But it is solvent based, which means,you really need to remove that wax before applying anything over it. I wasn’t too concerned at the time – Liberon sells a Wax Remover and it wasn’t a huge area of cabinets.
One night the Mustard Liberon Wax door pile caught my eye. What if………. I DIDNT strip the door first? What if I just painted right over it? I wanted to see what would happen. Would it crack and fall off?
(Sorry I failed to grab my camera at the start of this process)
The door started as an oak door finished with Caromal Colour Texture Basecoat Mustard (topped with Liberon Wax)
First I painted the door with Modern Masters Pure Gold Metallic Paint
That went on fine, and dried almost perfect except where I force dried it with a blow dryer (gads….) - in that spot it started to blister nicely. (note to self – DONT try this outside my home)
When dry I brushed on a layer of Caromal Colours Chipping Creme. I did this because I wanted to topcoat it with the Parchment color CC Texture Basecoat and then sand back to reveal the gold. At least, that was the plan.
When dry, I lightly palm sanded down the door. Then I got out the Tea Wall Glaze and started to brush it on the door. This is where I went to get my camera-
As you can see, I’m brushing that glaze on without giving it any thought -
Full 100% coverage. Not too much because I’m just wiping most of it off (see above? Too much. lol)
Dry rag wiping it off -
All wiped off -
A closeup. You can see that the Pale Gold is there, but you can also see the Mustard (yellow) coming through. If I did this again I’d probably not use the palm sander – it eats away that top layer pretty fast -I buzzed through a bit of the gold. Also, the gold could have lifted easy because it was not able to bond well to that wax I was too lazy to strip -
A close up, you can see a sheen from the gold a little bit-
The done door. Gives me other ideas for trying to play with metallics UNDER these Texture Basecoats, but next time I will NOT go over a waxed finish-
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