Now get cracking; Our DIY expert DEREK COLLINS shows NAN ENSOR how he uses some special painting techniques to give some tired, old furniture an even older yet amazingly fresh new look.(Features) From: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) | Date: March 16, 1999| Author: Ensor, Nan | COPYRIGHT 1999 Scottish Daily Record & Sunday. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SPECIAL effects expert Derek gets cracking on two very similar paint effects this week - crackle glaze and craquelure.

And although the latter just sounds like a posh, Frenchified version of the first, to the discerning decorator, there is quite a distinctive difference in the finished results.

Without getting too technical, if you want to give an instant, aged effect to a small piece of furniture, distressing it with fine cracks, then the technique you want t...

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