Let’s take a look at two finished projects, the Admiral Nelson Dresser and the Naval Reserve Dresser and compare two different products that I used to add the gold trim accents.
This was the second Stacked Dresser restoration that I have done in navy with gold trim. On my previous navy dresser project I used Annie Sloan Gilding Wax in Bright Gold, to accent the trim on the drawer fronts. It was a good color match to the brass hardware and was fairly easy to apply using just my finger to smooth it onto the trim.
Since that project, I have been looking for a gold paint that was shiny and opaque like the Annie Sloan Gilding Wax and decided to try Lumiere by Jaquard in True Gold. I found by using masking tape on both sides of the trim I could quickly paint a clean and straight accent line using a small artist brush.
Lumiere True Gold was a good match for the bright brass Hepplewhite hardware that I used. The main advantage that I liked about using the Lumiere paint was that I could apply a clear coat over the entire piece, giving an additional layer of protection to the gold trim, that the wax did not allow.
So the next time you want to add a crisp clean line of gold accent to your project you may want to consider using Lumiere Paint by Jarquard.