How Do You Age Paper Using Paste Shoe Polish?
• Take a little polish, brown for example, and smear on the paper, being careful not to color all the paper. It should have heavy and light areas. • Select a granular surface (sand paper of different grits), wood surface or any others to lay the paper on as you smear. The effect is that it will take on the characteristics of the “background” you are rubbing over. Burn the edges and then polyurethane the paper onto things like walking sticks, etc. It is a good idea to print first on your computer using different fonts, rub the polish, cut into strips, burn the edges, and wrap the strips around the wooden cane using glue. After that, apply 7 coats of high gloss/fast drying polyurethane (lightly sanding each coat with 0000 steel wool.
