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Glossy Wood Tone – My “Secret Weapon”

September 28, 2012 By Colleen Jorgenson 4 Comments

Glossy Wood Tone Spray

I’ve been using Glossy Wood Tone by Design Master ever since I had my flower shop a long, long, long time ago. It’s one of my ‘staples’ for floral design, which I tend to do every year around this time.

More on flowers later.

The other day at Michael’s I picked up my annual can of Glossy Wood Tone. I can usually make one can last a while.

A “while” being one day, in my world.
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I know there are other spray stains on the market but I haven’t tried them. Why would I when Glossy Wood Tone does everything I want it too. Well, ok, I have used Cherry and Walnut Wood Tone on occasion. They’re both pretty, but for what I want, Glossy Wood Tone is my go-to spray.

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This day year I gathered up my thrift store basket and grapevine wreath along with pinecones from the cabin and acorns from the yard, and grabbed my ‘secret weapon’.

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First up, the wreath. Don’t get me wrong, I like rustic and natural looking things. But GWT doesn’t cover or camouflage the natural qualities. It enhances them.

At least I think so.

It’s translucent, so it’s like a stain, not a paint. It’s lacquer based, so it adds a nice sheen. You can use it on nearly any surface, including flowers and plastic.

It’s awesome.

It’s so awesome that we had a standing joke at the craft store where I worked. If something new came in that was, well, not very attractive, one of us would say, “Just Glossy Wood Tone it.”

I’m not even kidding.

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Anyway, here are my acorns and pinecones in their perfectly natural state.

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And here are the acorns after a light coating of GWT. Look at the green ones. They’re still green, right? They just have a little ‘antiquing’ now. And the others? They range from honey to dark chocolate now. Yum.

Do I always use food terms for colors? Yep. Pretty much.

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A plain little basket before.

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A rich, warm basket after.

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I trust my secret weapon so much that I used it on this old bowl I found at the cabin. It’s probably an antique, it’s so old. Neither Mom nor I could remember anything about it or where it came from. It’s just always been there. Or was.

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Now it’s here. Not there.

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I sprayed the base with a brown opaque paint, but it didn’t look too brown. That was fine with me. I didn’t have to tape it off when I sprayed the GWT.

I’m not a fan of taping. I’m even less of a fan of sanding. Which explains why I didn’t sand this probably antique bowl.

That, and it has a major split running through it. So I’m figuring when Antiques Roadshow comes thru town they won’t ding me for spray painting staining a probably antique bowl.

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I wouldn’t care if they did ding me either because I’m now in love with my new spray stained probably antique bowl that’s holding my once gray now rich warm pinecones.

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I wouldn’t care one little bit.

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As a matter of fact, I had so much fun today Glossy Wood Toning stuff I think I’ll go buy another can.

If you want a can too, (and I promise, you do) I’d suggest taking a 40% coupon though. The stuff ain’t cheap (around $7).

But that’s how you know I really love it.

Signed,

the last of the big-time spenders

Colleen

about Colleen

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Filed Under: Color Wash, crafts, Glazing, Paint Types, Spray Paint, Techniques

Comments

  1. Carmela says

    April 6, 2014 at 8:52 pm

    Hi, love your ideas! Can I use the glossy wood spray stain on an item that has been painted already?

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      April 8, 2014 at 4:24 pm

      Hi Carmela, yes, you most certainly can use Glossy Wood Tone on paint. I used it on this chair last Fall – http://justpaintitblog.com/2013/10/antiqued-chair-with-spray-paint-2/.

      Have fun!

      Reply
  2. Melissa says

    August 10, 2022 at 11:50 am

    Where can you still get this? Always loved it, also having worked in flower shops

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      August 14, 2022 at 8:41 am

      I found mine at Michael’s but also Amazon has it. Have fun!

      Reply

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