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Old 05-14-2006, 10:40 PM   #3
Marina Dieul Marina Dieul is offline
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Hi Joan,
I worked as a gilder, an restored a lot of old frames. We had to make some patina on the restored parts of the frames, and we generally did it with acrylic. We were working with diluated acrylic,we wiped a bit with a graining brush, and we wiped it with a rag from the reliefs, and let it darker in the hollows.
You can also use oil, but as Julie pointed, it's longer to dry.
I think you can find some sites about crafts, or decoration, where they explain it in a better english than mine.
Hope this helps...

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