resurfacing countertops multispec stone accents limestone

Resurfacing countertops multispec stone accents limestone windows#

Stone Accents are easily applied in a one-coat finish. Like the colors in nature, Multispec Stone Accents are dimensional and contain individual flecks of different colors, subtly blended to create the illusion of depth and texture of natural stones. Glazing has been used to even make paint look like stain, and to enhance detail lines on hand rails and cabinet doors and moldings. Even on stain, this will enhance the grain pattern if applied correctly. For instance, if you have Maple, which doesn’t have much grain, and is a little darker in stain color, you may want to add glazing to enhance a grain look. Glazing is a process to ad translucent, dramatic color lines, or shading, after the initial staining or painting process.

Solvent and oll based finishes have a tendency to yellow over time, and water based do not have the same degree of yellowing. As it turns out, most of the projects over the past couple of decades, has gone into water based finishes that might be even better than the solvent based finishes, at this point. First of all everything in California must be low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) or ‘low fumes’. This is where we tone everything to blend the color. Since doors are made of many pieces of wood, that means a kitchen can be a mixture of many woods, from different climates, and although they are the same species, may in fact be all different colors when put together, even if the exact same process was used.

The process of staining usually also includes a toning process.

Resurfacing countertops multispec stone accents limestone windows#

Water based stains are very good these days, there are stains that are also designed for exterior, which have UV stabilization, we will also use those in homes with lot’s of windows to minimize fading from the sun. In old days, and in fine furnishings, the first or ‘base’ coat would be something striking, like Amber, almost neon, on it’s own, then another coat of stain would go over it, and this ‘layering’ would give life, dimension, and depth to the article being stained. These are translucent finishes, where the base color bleeds through. These terms are not standardized, and not all manufacturers use all these terms. Their common names, from the most dull to the most shiny, include matte, eggshell, satin, silk, semi-gloss and high gloss. Between those extremes, there are a number of intermediate gloss levels. Glossy paints are shiny and reflect most light in the specular (mirror-like) direction, while on flat paints most of the light diffuses in a range of angles. Glossy and flat (or matte) are typical extreme levels of glossiness of a finish. Sheen is a measure of the reflected light ( glossiness) from a paint finish.