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DECORATIVE PAINTING SUPPLIES

Get the most out of your supplies.

Save yourself time and money and learn what decorative painting supplies to buy and how to use them.

As you walk around the little decorative painting shop, the craft superstores or browse the web stores you get more and more excited. Soon your basket is brimming with goodies and you can’t wait to get started on a new project.

As decorative painters we know all the excitement you experience when it’s time to buy something new.

There’s that new brush that everyone is raving about! Don’t know how to use it... just gotta have it!!

And what the heck do I do with all this gel medium and retarder anyway?

Your painting supplies include decorative paint, special brushes, among other tole painting tools and gadgets.

So what do you do with all this stuff?

What’s the difference between acrylic paints and oils and what the heck is gouache anyway?

Even if you know what a scumbler is, do you know how to use it?

Sable or synthetic brushes; which do you use, when and why?

So much to learn...

We're adding more and more information about decorative painting supplies, so do check in regularly for updates to the supplies section.

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Repainting a rusty tole light   starstarstarstarstar
I've found an old tole light that it chipping and a bit rusty. I love this light and would like to repair it. There is no decorative paint on the shade ...

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I love my HYDRA SPONGES!!!!!! They're great for basecoating and for varnishing. It makes these tasks so much easier.

I use the blue one for varnishing ...

Keeping you brush wet  Not rated yet
If you need to keep a brush wet while working with a different one, just open a zip-lock sandwich bag, slide it in, and pat the bag down around the brush....




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