I recently did some traveling across the country, and while in some western states I noticed that in a church in Santa FE, The Alter (which was wooden), was painted to look like marble. Damn if it didn’t. does anyone have any info or instructions on how to produce this effect?
Also. A friend of mine just bought an ancient 3 story home, with an attic, and a basement (1870). It has no Central air conditioning. He wants to install it, but doesn’t know how to get the air to the second floor without running trunk lines along the ceiling. If he puts a central unit to the 3rd floor from the attic, and a central unit to the 1st floor from the basement, will it be enough to cool the 2nd floor? What would be the best solution, without having to tear out walls. The house is beautiful, Moulding, doors, etc. But needs some TLC. Any help would be appreciated Thanx. Oh, by the way, I still haven’t been able to “waterproof my canopy” as it has been raining in NJ for the past 2 weeks. Gotta Luv it
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Greek,
Seeing that you are in NJ, look up DunDean studios on the web. Dundean.com I believe. He'll help you with the marbling. It's one of those things that takes years of practice to get good at, and then again, there are sooooo many marbles out there, and they each have their own painting technique.
Don
Thanx Don, I'll check it out.
Greek,
If you want to try a book, there is absolutely no better book available then this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0393730018/103-3341023-4039835?vi=glance
Yannick is considered by many to be the best of the best. Do a web search for him to look at some of his work.
Don
For faux finishes the is a book called Paint Magic, all the local book stores will have it.
I did a fireplace a few years ago and it looked so real I kept having to tell people it was just painted.
Oriole
Thanx O, I appreciate the input
in answer to the marble question - look at the index for FWW at this site - I remember an article on this but cannot remember when it was printed.
Robert
Thanx Bert, I'll check into it asap
There is a central ac system that uses round ducting that fits between studs. The outlet is a round 4" vent. The system was featured on one the remodeling home shows and I recently saw it demonstrated at a home and garden show in Dallas. I'm sorry I don't know the name of the system but any good HVAC dealer should know. I'm not sure how they handle cold air return.
Doug
Try Zinsser.com
thanx. Will do
To offer a thought about the AC. Our house was built about 50 years ago and AC added later. The ducts run through a closet on the first floor to a closet on the second. He might see if anything like that lines up. It sure does make for a smaller closet.
I would imagine an AC installer could answer the question.
Thanx Gretchen50, I suggested a high efficiency unit That is available nowadays. It's a 4" pvc ductwork. Should be able to run from unit in the attic to the second floor, through the walls. However, why mess with the walls, if you can use closet space. That's a great idea. Will pass it on
We painted a faux-marble floor in our front room years ago. Using floor paint, I first painted everything white, layed out a pattern of 12" squares and painted alternate squares a black/green. My wife used a couple of turkey feathers to marblize the squares before the green dried completely. In the green she used white and salmon (trim color) for the effect. Went back and repainted the white squares in which she used green and salmon accents. Took a few days, but it is a nice effect.
TomS
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