Hello Friends,
I hope you followed me from the the Flourishes blog. Any way you got here I am glad you are here. Tuesday my sister, Louise, visiting and helping to care for Mom and I tackled a project of faux mercury glass. She had done it before but had done wine bottles in various color and used a slightly different process. Mom watched the entire process and was really engaged with us.
First we set a long narrow table and covered it with old newspapers. Next we gathered ur supplies”
Two large urns- one I purchased last year for 50% off and one I purchased a few weeks ago at 50%off.
Windex and paper towels, cleaning thoroughly both the inside and outside of the urns and lids.
White vinegar to which I attached a spray mister top,
Krylon Looking Glass Paint and more paper towels for blotting
Gloves to keep our hands from being covered with silver paint;
Then we started by lightly misting the insides of the urns and twirling it around as we went. Here is a picture as she is painting on of the urns.
We did the insidedes and turned them upside down , twirling them and let them drain. We did the same process inside the tops. Then added another light misting of vinegar and paint stray, twirling and draining them again.
That is beautiful!! You need to make a stamp out of the picture at the top of this blog, the birds in the flowers, it’s wonderful!!
Someone has already used it, it a very old antique piece I have, maybe something like it though would be just as beautiful. We do have a set coming out in December that is Winter Birds-US and some Aussie’s as well. Watch for it. Are you getting our blog post, Releases hops and the like. I see you have never ordered from us and I miss you! I just checked and you are not registered. Please do so you are missing out on so much wonderful stuff I know you would love.
Very attractive! I bought the Krylon spray recently to give the faux mercury glass look to a plastic pumpkin, but this project trumps that. (Oooh, I don’t even like typing the word ‘trump’.) Thanks for posting this; I’m inspired.
Thank you so much for your kind words. My next painting project is two Pineapple type fiberglass –looks like maybe should be on a brick column. I am going to do them in a bronze finish using the same technique then they will go with the large bronze vase on the table. Pineapple here in South are a sign of hospitality.