I don’t know how well crackle will hold up outside. My solution is to paint the rust/brown colour first. Then take a candle and rub it on the areas you would like to see the brown coming through the cream. Once you’ve painted the cream, that colour will come off the waxed areas with a small amount of sanding. It really is very easy and takes little effort…and the end result is a natural aging process. Be sure to wax where the trim would naturally have worn down…

Here is a step by step technique that HGTV did on cabinets. I’m sure you can do the same thing with your trim:

Actually, HGTV has a heaps of examples of faux finishing ideas:

Good luck, & have fun! I hope it turns out great. I’m thinking of distressing my own kitchen cabinets.

They sell a “crackle” solution that you put over paint to make it do that. Here’s a website that can help:

I agree with above.

Ha, just put up an “antique” site a few days ago:

Best wishes,
JD

Post Cards usually have some sort of can be undivided or divided, but usually have a place where it notes postage is due. Post cards started out as personal mailing cards and would be hard to tell from a single sided greeting card. Pick up a book on collecting post cards and learn the difference in age from card to card. I’d suggest The Postcard Price Guide by J L Mashburn. Please what ever you decide, post card or greeting card, don’t just slap a stamp on it and pop it in the mail.

Murphy’s Oil Soap is the way to go. Since it sounds like you have some build up you may need to use a brush this first time. Work in small areas to control the amount of water on the floor. Once you get it clean a simple mop with the oil soap will keep it up. My house is 120 years old with wood floors and four kids, this works!!!

Sounds like a novel idea for flooring… Naturally, I would NOT use a mop on the floors but I would use a brush and Mr. Clean… It will not harm the floors to brush them… If you had an electric hard floor cleaner, that would be great to use on the floors.. you could control the amount of liquid going out and the machine would suck it back up at the same time and it has circular brushes on the bottom that cleans the floor

murphy’s oil soap– it’s made just for cleaning wood & works awesome

My first instinct would be to take it back and have them fix it, but at the same time, I really question the abilities of a jeweler who would return a piece in such a condition. Without knowing what finish they put on it, it is difficult to tell you exactly how best to remove it. Take it back, and if they still don’t fix it, take it somewhere else. I highly advise against having any more work done by this person–it’s quite possible the finish was put on to cover up a mistake.

If the jeweler made this error, then make them fix it at no charge. If you paid for a service and it is not right, they need to make it right. That’s good customer service.