Equipment -- Safety procedures -- Paints, varnishes and solvents: product compatibility -- Basecoat techniques -- All about paints -- Distressing and aging, tools and techniques -- Paint application techniques -- Creative paint effects -- Negoro nuri -- Steel-wool stria -- Mottled -- Textured plaster -- Photo montage -- Crackle -- Broken paint -- Intarsia pattern -- Striping -- Soft geometry -- Torn paper -- Words and numbers -- From the can -- Stamping -- Found objects -- Magnetic paint -- Chalk board paint -- Checkerboard top -- Drip and spill -- Squeegee combing -- Fabulous fakes -- Faux tiles -- Parchment -- Faux marquetry -- Faux leather -- Shagreen -- Faux goatskin -- Malachite -- Stone -- Marble -- Shaker finish -- Burled wood -- Mahogany -- Basic wood graining -- Rust -- Bronze -- Verdigris patina -- Provincial lapis -- Antiquing and gilding -- Stain antiquing -- Staining and distressing -- Distressed latex -- Oil paint antiquing -- Gilding -- Tarnished patina metal leaf -- Antiqued gold -- Noton -- Pickling -- Trompe l'oeil -- Burnished metal.