Mirror In Distress

If something is new, I make it old.

That would be my mantra.

Distressed is my name after all.

 

How to make a perfectly good mirror a primitive beauty

I showed you this mirror before. (here)

I sanded the heck out of the finish.

Both sides.

Then I sanded the heck out of the back of the mirror.

I used a fine grit with my hand sander.

Be careful - you do NOT want to scratch the glass.

That's just ugly, not distressed!

Sprayed a light coat of Looking Glass followed by a light spritz of alcohol.

Repeated that step one more time.

Sometimes I do a third, but two turned out to be the look I wanted.

I painted the whole back - wood and glass with black paint.

I used techniques learned in my Farragoz course to paint layers and layers of paint followed by a light scraping and sanding.

She is a primitive beauty.

I was tempted to add a bauble or two at the top, but since she is going to the booth, I did not.

Maybe if my bathroom mirror was distressed, I would not be so distressed over what my hair looks like each morning!

 
 See y'all!

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