Plus, the finish is always beautiful and once it’s completely dry, it will last forever and will never chip. Be careful not to rub the design on the sides and only the rim and don't over soak the swab so it drips. The splatter paint plates, especially when colored or layered with pastels, will make an ideal spring place setting.

I would remove the old gold and paint an entire new rim, because it woun't be as noticable if the golds do not match perfectly. Gliding it over, the leaf is tamped onto the water, which then evaporates, pulling the leaf down onto the glass for maximum coverage.Yes, I wrote: "I would wager that 90% of paintings over 100 years old hanging in Museums have been repainted.

By the way, if gold is not your thing, you can use this same technique with any color of multi-surface craft paint for your own custom splatter painted plates. I've tried it on a urethane casting, doesn't seem to be quite as mirror-y as the silver but it does produce a solid and smooth coating without the typical speckled 'metallic' finish. It certainly wouldn't work for an outside application and it just looks like a normal gold paint - no mirror effect at all, as the reflection bit is caused by the object that was painted, such as the glass.It is also fun to just spray paint bottles and vases and dry brush the details like I did for this project…. You can choose from a wide range of glittered colours to create fascinating refractions of light and colour in your commercial or domestic environments. Set the sprayer on the bottle to fine mist and lightly mist the inside of your project piece with small vinegar droplets. I spray painted an artificial flower stem with flat black paint since it’s Fall and Halloween time—kind of dark and spooky looking.