Professional Painted Finishes : A Guide to the Art and Business of Decorative Painting

by Ina Brosseau Marx, Allen Marx & Robert Marx

• ISBN13: 9780823044184
• ISBN10: 0823044181
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1991-06-01
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Summary

The world's leading experts reveal how to paint great finishesand make money doing it! classic, now in paperback for the first time Basics plus step-by-steps for more than 55 techniquesglazing, marbling, graining, more Full information on running a furniture-restoration business Booklistcalled the Marxes' latest collaboration,Furniture Restoration, "a book to be pored over again and again." Now their classic first book,Professional Painted Finishes, is available in a handy paperback edition. Drawn from the authors' 30 years of experience in the field, these painted finishes simulate a wide variety of wood grains, stones, and marbles. More than 55 techniques are explained in depth, with hundreds of step-by-step color photographs and complete lists of the materials and tools needed. Everything that a professional or hobbyist needs is here, from basics, to specific techniques such as marbling, glazing, and graining, to an overview of business practices, including startup, preparing estimates and contracts, and getting the job done. A comprehensive decorative painting resource, ideal for professionals, aspiring professionals, and committed amateurs,Professional Painted Finishespacks the combined knowledge of three top experts into one indispensable reference.

Author Biography

Ina Brosseau Marx and Allen Marx are the founders of The Finishing School, which offers classes on creating painted finishes. During their thirty-year career as professional restorers, they brought new life to museum pieces from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Robert Marx, their son, is the executive director of The Finishing School. Ina and Allen Marx live in Princeton, NJ. Robert Marx lives on Long Island.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vi
Kenneth X. Charbonneau
Introduction	2	(2)
The History of the Painted Finish	4	(4)
How to Use This Book	8	(1)
Part One BASICS	9	(58)
Media	10	(5)
Health, Safety, and Environmental Concerns	15	(1)
Tools	16	(7)
Setting Up A Workspace	23	(1)
Rendering A Painted Finish	24	(3)
Preparation of Surface	27	(5)
Designing and Organizing The Surface	32	(9)
Finish Coats	41	(7)
Color	48	(15)
Designing With Painted Finishes	63	(4)
Part Two TECHNIQUES	67	(172)
Glazing	68	(32)
Surface Preparation and Absorption	70	(1)
Glaze Composition	71	(3)
Estimating and Mixing Glazes	74	(1)
Technical Properties of Glazes	75	(4)
Glazing Small Areas: Caen Stone	79	(3)
Glazing Large Areas	82	(3)
Multilayer Glazing	85	(1)
Novelty Effects/Special Techniques	86	(4)
Rag-rolling	90	(2)
Strie	92	(8)
Marbling	100	(74)
The Formation and Replication of Stone	102	(2)
Malachite	104	(3)
Travertine	107	(3)
Unpolished Stone	110	(3)
Granite	113	(3)
Rasotica	116	(4)
Serpentine Marbles	120	(1)
Verde Aver	121	(3)
Verde Issorie	124	(3)
Tinos Green	127	(3)
Red Levanto	130	(3)
Verde Antico	133	(4)
French Grand Antique	137	(3)
Rosso Verona	140	(4)
French Rose	144	(2)
Botticino	146	(2)
Drift and Mottled Marbles	148	(3)
Veining in Marbles	151	(3)
Charcoal Veining	154	(1)
Veining with Chamois	155	(2)
Veining with a Sword Striper	157	(2)
Feather Veining	159	(2)
Pale Subtle Marbling	161	(2)
Norweigian Rose	163	(3)
Yellow Sienna	166	(4)
Portoro (Black and Gold)	170	(4)
Graining	174	(65)
Analysis of Wood Grain Patterns	176	(2)
Color	178	(3)
Media	181	(2)
Rendering Grain Patterns	183	(3)
Thought-grain Woods	186	(2)
Macassar Ebony	188	(2)
Zebrawood	190	(2)
Straight Grain with Medullary Rays	192	(1)
English Brown Oak, Quartered	193	(2)
Straight Grain with Crossfire	195	(1)
Orientalwood	196	(2)
English Harewood	198	(2)
American Sycamore	200	(2)
Bird's-Eye Maple	202	(3)
Heartgrain	205	(5)
American Oak	210	(2)
Brazilian Rosewood	212	(2)
Ring-cut Sections	214	(2)
Knots	216	(2)
Knots Surrounded by Straight Grain	218	(2)
Knot Surrounded by Heartgrain	220	(2)
Graining Around Implied Knots	222	(1)
Burl	223	(3)
Straight-grain Mahogany	226	(2)
Crotch-figure Mahogany	228	(3)
Satinwood	231	(2)
Country Graining	233	(2)
Applied Country Graining	235	(1)
Removal Country Graining	236	(3)
Part Three PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE	239	(34)
Building A Business	240	(10)
Reasons for Starting a Business	240	(1)
How to Build Your Business	241	(5)
Financial Planning	246	(4)
The Decorative Painting Process	250	(23)
Roles and Responsibilities	250	(2)
The Initial Meeting	252	(1)
Sample-making	253	(4)
Estimating	257	(5)
Letter of Agreement	262	(4)
Project Execution	266	(7)
APPENDIX	273	(4)
Sources	274	(2)
United States/United Kingdom Equivalents	276	(1)
Glossary	277	(2)
Credits	279	(1)
Bibliography	280	(1)
Index	281