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Category Archives: The Undercoat – It’s Absolutely Fundamental

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Posted on Monday, December 5, 2011

Undercoating

Are You Making It Too Much Like Hard Work?

by Stephen Byrne

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Here’s an important tip for when you paint an undercoat or “wash” or “matt” (or however you call it) …

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Posted on Thursday, January 29, 2009

Stained Glass Shading and Matting

It's all about the undercoat and how you use your badger blender

by Stephen Byrne

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We get to hear a lot of questions about how to shade and matt stained glass. Here’s one from our regular postbag …

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