Dull coating cemetery fence

[marsh28]

I recently re-did all of my cemetery fences and gave them a faux "rust" look by using a combo of orange and brown acrylics with mahogany woods stain. Although I love the final product, the fence finish is a bit to shiny for my tastes. Is there any kind of cheap finishing product out there that I can use to dull the shiny finish?

Thanks

[RoxyBlue]

Try sanding lightly to dull the finish. Do a test spot first to make sure you won't remove too much of the paint.

[fontgeek]

Try a light mist of soapy water, when it dries it will go to a matte/dull finish.

[Spooky1]

Did you use gloss or matte acrylics? Can you post a picture, so we can see how it looks?

[marsh28]

Did you use gloss or matte acrylics? Can you post a picture, so we can see how it looks?

I used matte acrylics. I think the shine is probably coming from the mahogany wood stain.

[Bone Dancer]

You can get glossy or flat clear finishes in a spray can. I have use them to cut the gloss on some things. Dollar store specials or the no-name brand at the hardware.

[goneferal]

I'd go with a matte finish spray coat.

[Dixie]

I'd go with a matte finish spray coat.

That would be my vote too.

[kevin242]

That would be my vote too.

mine too

[marsh28]

Thanks for the help. Looks like I'll be picking up some Krylon Matte finish spray at HD today...

[RoxyBlue]

If you could post some before and after pictures when you're done, it would be nice to see how well the spray finish works.

[marsh28]

will do. Here is a rather poor camera-phone picture of the fence.

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