Whenever he goes antiquing, old frames are one of the things Rajiv is always looking out for; he uses them for his oil and watercolor paintings. Plain frames gilded with real gold leaf are Rajiv's favorite and today he shares his method of cleaning and repairing frames that are inexpensive but can be brought back to life with some love!
★ TABLE OF CONTENTS ★ • 0:02 Water coloring success • 1:36 Hand carved out of wood while antiquing • 2:18 The frames are delicate • 3:20 Try my techniques first with inexpensive frames • 4:26 Do not take a rag to wipe delicate areas • 5:18 Bamboo skewer and rolled cotton materials technique •6:20 Use distilled water •7:20 Beware of pulling the gold off •9:00 Once all dirt is removed the swab will not have any color on it •10:11 Make cotton swab different sizes for unique spaces •10:45 Only a clean swab goes in the water rule •11:29 Finishing coat of wax •12:00 Discussing gilded frames and compo and gesso •14:18 Radiator painted frames that were originally gilded •16:15 How to make a flexible clay mold to restore the frame •19:10 After creating the negative you create the positive •20:34 Water based air drying clay to fill in the gap solution •22:20 Align the clay portion on the frame and adjust the depth of the piece •24:00 Re-sculpt the transition between the original and the new restored portions •25:21 Bringing a relic back to life •26:10 Paint repair bits with shades of gold to blend in •28:00 Before and After
💡 TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO 💡 • 19th century solid wood frames • Rabbit skin mixed with glue to create paste pressed into mold and applied to the wood • Antique thrift store window frame finds • Restoring old frames back to life •Simple frame versus ornate frame conservation using cotton swabs •Bamboo skewer •Rolled cotton •Gold leaf gilded frame restoration •Gesso is the layer under the gold that you don’t want to bring out •Bringing out the mahogany delicately •Soft lint free cloth with a layer of wax effect •Bole •Gilding with compo and gesso •removing radiator paint from gilded frames process •Dental alginate and silicone for a flexible mold •Use clay that you can put on to allow to dry and needs to be water soluble •Autumn gold paint •Gold leaf paint •Grecian gold paint
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