Embossed Trim?

Has anyone ever used this?

http://209.240.4.82/acb/showprod.cfm...&CurrentPage=1

How deep are the carvings... will it be ruined if it's painted?

Cathy Weeks

Cathy, I have used paper doilies single thickness for ceiling medallions
and bits cut off of them for frame molding and immersed them in two and one
time three coats of paint and the detail was still apparent. Also, several
thin coats rather than one thick coat is much more to scale.

On 18 Mar 2004 14:00:22 -0800, (Cathy Weeks)
wrote:

Has anyone ever used this?
How deep are the carvings... will it be ruined if it's painted?

I've never used this, but it doesn't look, in the pictures on the
page, as if the embossing is very deep at all...certainly not deep
enough to be called "carvings." I would guess that it's not more than
a small fraction of a mm deep. You might have some luck if you tried
sealing it first, then brushing on acrylic paint and immediately
wiping it off. That way the color would fill in the embossing.

You might be able to get two colors if you apply one, let it dry
completely, seal it with sanding sealer, then apply a second color and
wipe it off, leaving the first color on the high spots and the second
in the low.


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"Cathy Weeks" wrote in message
om...
Has anyone ever used this?


http://209.240.4.82/acb/showprod.cfm...&CurrentPage=1

How deep are the carvings... will it be ruined if it's painted?

Cathy Weeks

I've used them. They're made by Handley House (the "cla" in the product
number means Classics by Handley). Use a foam brush with a little paint on
it and brush lightly. You might want to thin the paint if it's thick.

Carol
S P Miniatures
http://www.spminiatures.com

"havana bill & holly" wrote in message ...
Cathy, I have used paper doilies single thickness for ceiling medallions
and bits cut off of them for frame molding and immersed them in two and one
time three coats of paint and the detail was still apparent. Also, several
thin coats rather than one thick coat is much more to scale.

Wow...that sounds really neat. Do you have pictures by any chance?

Cathy Weeks