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Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 5:56 pm
by badpenny
Having nothing better to do I've had a try at reproducing the above effect.

Although I'm not totally satisfied with it, I am encouraged by the result.

Before

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After

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I think next time I have a go I'll not use the back room table as the flecked multi colour effect really doesn't enhance the walnut veneer. Or at least so I have had it roared at me. !!HIDING!!

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:04 am
by rbrewerton
I was pleased to read your post and the results look pretty good to me. I've also just started on a bullion that I got from Coventry and am at the repainting stage currently experimenting with different splattering techniques. My best effort so far is with an old toothbrush dipped in paint then using a knife drawn across it to flick the paint everywhere, but it's a slow laborious process and a bit hit and miss, mostly miss. Can you tell us your method and also what paint and colours you're using. Cheers Richard.

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:12 pm
by slotalot
I have had some good results with a toothbrush & a small stiff shoe brush when doing splatter finish. I always use acrylic paint; you can get it in lots of colours in 99p pots from any craft type shop, B&Q etc. Always start with a light background colour, then apply the speckled colours one at a time as required. Once you are happy with the finish, give it a coat or two of clear spray acrylic.
Acrylic paint is easier to clean up afterwards, and it is faster drying, and you can also use latex gloves to keep your hands clean.
Check out the photos:

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:08 pm
by badpenny
Stuart just explained what I did. Toothbrush and acrylic paints.

I found holding the brush quite close to the wood and spraying it across the bristles and not down the length was the best. The splatter effect I got didn't need any further assistance by drawing a blade across it.

I use the brightest primary colours or what I call Disney colours.

Share your results with us please. And good luck with your Bullion.

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:18 pm
by JC
BP and Slotalot have certainly come up with good results, but is this really the way it was done commercially? They used to paint public lavatory walls like this - how many council workers with tooth brushes would it have taken? !PUZZLED!

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:29 pm
by badpenny
I believe commercially they use a handheld gizmo. It's like a drum with a winding handle on the side which spins paddles inside the drum that chucks the paint out.
Similar to this:
Tyrolean machine
Tyrolean machine

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TYROLEAN-MACH ... 730wt_1165

Although of course getting the same effect on a small surface like the side of a machine cabinet wouldn't require such a large nozzle. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Mr Bryan hadn't made his own machine to match his own need, would you?

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 6:33 pm
by slotalot
JC wrote:BP and Slotalot have certainly come up with good results, but is this really the way it was done commercially? They used to paint public lavatory walls like this - how many council workers with tooth brushes would it have taken? !PUZZLED!
I always find that a good felt tip pen is best for Lavatory Walls!!!!
SLOTALOT WAS HERE! '!'

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:34 pm
by livinginthepast
There used to be a paint called Portafleck which did the job in one spray coat. I don't know how it worked exactly but I think it was a base colour with the coloured specks somehow suspended in it which made their way to the surface on application. Maybe one part was water based and one part oil based. Originally produced for industrial applications like walls but evidently used on machines as well. I believe Ditchburns used it to refurb the sides of jukeboxes.

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:36 pm
by rbrewerton
Today I emerged from my shed.....sorry, Design and Technology department, with this, the mark 1 paint splatterer. Any resemblance to a bent bottle brush stuck in a wooden box is purely coincidental for this is a precision made paint flicker capable of splattering paint over anything that comes into range. Not to be confused with cheaper alternatives, special features include a quickly detachable brush for easy cleaning and a disposable paint tray made from a steak and kidney pie foil tray. Note... eat pie first. I can now also report following the completion of an extensive road test that it works quite well. The paint needs to be thinned to the right consistency and the flicker plate adjusted up or down until you get the optimum splat. My test results seem on a par with the toothbrush method but definitely quicker.

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:02 pm
by badpenny
Was the pie puff pastry?

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:29 am
by slotalot
!!THUMBSX2!! I like it! well done that man.....
but how do you clean your teeth with it? :oops:

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 10:37 am
by rbrewerton
Puff pastry?......PUFF PASTRY? .....Oh my dear fellow how common. No the pie in question was a tasty teatime treat from the esteemed Messrs Gingsters, well known in these parts as purveyors of fine pasties and pies to the gentry. On the day in question I slipped my pie into the microwave and waited excitedly for the 'ding' that heralded my meaty feast. Steam rose from the pastry as I agonisingly let it cool for a minute, but could wait no longer. The aroma of the juicy contents filled my nostrils so I picked it up and lovingly caressed its shortcrust casing, firm and crispy on the top and soft and moist on the bottom with its dainty scalloped edge maintaining the seal that held its warm juicy centre in place. I tenderly but eagerly bit into the flaky crust and hot gravy oozed out and ran down my chin on to my T shirt. Bollocks was the first word that came to mind as I reached for a knife in order to scrape up the glutinous liquid that now left a trail down my chest. A second bite, more careful this time, and my mouth was filled with tender steak and firm round kidney. I played with the kidney, tossing it from side to side with my tongue until.....Oooer sorry about that, I seem to have got a bit carried away. I'll have to go now, the wife says I need a shower.

Re: Bryan's Flecked Paint Style

Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 6:49 pm
by badpenny
Where to start ..... where to start? :#: Oh deary, deary me dirtdog

Firstly.) - It's not Gingsters ... the name is Ginsters :tut

b.) - I suggest you contact your GP at the earliest as checking with Ginsters website and examining their product range we find the closest we can get to what you described you ate for your tasty teatime treat as being either a "Steak Pie" or even "Steak & Onion Pie" However regardless of how far we delve into the "Balti" or "Chicken" range of products it is worrying to note that kidney is not included anywhere. OOPSY! I can only speculate as to what you were rolling around in your mouth. :woops:

3.) - Further scrutiny of Ginster's own description of ingredients say "......... light puff pastry." :NBG: Even your own post where you said ......" I tenderly but eagerly bit into the flaky crust " Should have been a bit of a clue. !!SUICIDAL!!

As for heating it up in a SHUDDER microwave? My flabber has never been so gasted. :o

Are you the kind of cad who would restore an Allwin and use cross head screws? !!ESCAPE!!