{"id":594,"date":"2016-04-11T17:24:10","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T17:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2016-04-11T17:24:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T17:24:10","slug":"varnish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"Varnish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend at <strong>ArtWaves Toronto<\/strong>, many people asked about the varnish I am using on my pieces. I have recently discovered a great <strong>DecoArt<\/strong> varnish called <strong>Soft-Touch Varnish<\/strong>. It is part of their <em>Media series<\/em>. I am absolutely <strong>IN LOVE<\/strong> with it!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-595\" src=\"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Varnish-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Varnish\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Varnish-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Varnish-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Varnish-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Varnish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s for interior or exterior use. Waterbased of course, and although it looks milky it dries clear. It&#8217;s quite thick and it&#8217;s fast drying.<\/p>\n<p>I put it on with a sponge brush. The wide mouth jar is great for that. I usually put on 2-3 coats letting it dry in between. No wet sanding or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>I am loving that it brings out the best of the paint like all varnishes do, but has a gorgeous and luxurious finish that is completely matte. It invites you in to touch it&#8230;&#8230;and it is so soft and smooth when you do. It&#8217;s extremely durable so I wasn&#8217;t worried when people touched it but because it&#8217;s so soft and smooth we naturally seem to stroke it lightly&#8230;&#8230;like a kitten! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend at ArtWaves Toronto, many people asked about the varnish I am using on my pieces. I have recently discovered a great DecoArt varnish called Soft-Touch Varnish. It is part of their Media series. I am absolutely IN LOVE &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/?p=594\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,67,66,12,68,65],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","tag-acrylic","tag-artwaves-toronto","tag-deco-americana","tag-painting","tag-technique","tag-varnish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lydiasteeves.com\/lydiasblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}