Neat satining technique from John Hamiltom McGrath

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Neat satining technique from John Hamiltom McGrath

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Isaw this on ASP and thought it was really cool.
For the some months now, I've been doing what I refer to as a "Sun Dried
Chili" stain/finish (it only seems to work on "textured" pipes).

It creates a very interesting visual, - kinda like red chilis left in the
sun to pucker, shrivel and dry (hence the name).

The technique kinda goes like this:

1/ Saturate with a base color - really *SATURATE*.
2/ When completely dry - brush (a well saturated "VERY WET" brush) strait,
clear alcohol over the first stain and while still wet, randomly blot off
with a cloth.
3/ With the second different color stain (red), I'll "dry" brush. This
further darkens some edges and highlites the highlights:)

It makes for a very unique "multicolored" effect. ...In this case
"Sun-Dried Chili".

Anyone else play with fun techniques?

John
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I've seen pictures of pipes with this finish on John's site and have always thought the pipes were interesting. I'll add this to my list of things to try in the future.
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Stephen, I was looking on his website and wasn't sure I could tell which of this pipes he'd used that on... could you point me to one?
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I use an exact technique for oil painting to adjust color and give a more "layered" look to the surface.

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bscofield wrote:Stephen, I was looking on his website and wasn't sure I could tell which of this pipes he'd used that on... could you point me to one?
Ben,

It took me awhile to locate them but I finally found them again. Go to the Gallery link on his homepage, then click on the "Unique 3" link. The rusticated pipes on the 2nd row and the bottom row both have the sun-dried chili finish. They are labeled SABR & CHCA.

I'll make it easy for you. Here is the link:

http://www.pipe-works.net/gallery/unique3/index.html
Stephen

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Too cool. Thanks for the link.
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That is certainly a unique looking finish!
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