Antique Restoration
Trevor Hinton
Services & Skills
Country
furniture & Folk Art
Colour Matching Paint and Wooden Furniture
The importance of colour matching
Matching the colour of a piece is key to the success of the repair or renovation. It is essential that care is taken to blend in the new pieces carefully, so that it is impossible to notice any difference between the repair and the original.
How I use colour matching
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• I match in any wood as closely as possible and then using light-fast
oil or pigment stains colour in to the rest of the furniture
• In painted furniture I mix paints and hand match to existing colours
• I make and use milk paint.
Repair and paint finish before and after; |
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Colour matching, ageing and patination before and after; |
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Painted and gilded side table before and after; |
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Torchere before and after; |
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General colour matching photos; |
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