Removing Paint from an Auguste Moreau Statue

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  • Опубліковано 11 січ 2025

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  • @chepinita3698
    @chepinita3698 7 місяців тому +1

    Quedó maravillosa 🤩..

  • @r.p.110
    @r.p.110 Місяць тому

    A lovely restoration! I was wondering what type of paint remover was used, type of brush(es) used to apply the acrylic paint, and how many coats did you apply? Thank you!

  • @beachburlington
    @beachburlington 3 місяці тому +1

    I have one I'm removing paint from now. Once I get the paint removed how will I restore luster and shine? Will I need to just add an oil or is there something else I need to do?

    • @craftingsparks
      @craftingsparks  3 місяці тому +1

      Hi @beachburlington . If your figure is made of spelter or another metal base it depends on of how much of the original covering paint is left. If you are lucky and what you find only has some damages in the surface I would try to restore those spots with acrylic colours. The figure in the video unluckily had nothing of the original coating under those horrible thick paint layers. So I had to remove everything down to the pure spelter core. Then I painted it with a prime coating which is especially meant for metal including spelter. That primer is a bit thick and I had to thin it down a bit to get a thin layer. You can see at 1:44 how it looked like with that primer. After that I used acrylic colours to achieve that bronce like appearance which it originally once had. I got good results by mixing brown with gold and a little black. For the flower parts I mixed a light green with some gold. That kind of shimmering green was quite popular during the Art Nouveau era. The acrylic colours I used give a decent glimmer so no additional finishing coat was necessary. The black and brown I used are from a local hardware store www.bauhaus.info/buntlacke/swingcolor-buntlack-acryl/p/27261790 so nothing special😊. And for the gold just a well pigmented gold acrylic colour from crafting supplies should do. I am not a pro conservator but I hope this still helps. I wish you a beautiful crafting time with your project 🍀