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                        <title>Finished</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Dear Friend of the Créche,

 after eigtheen steps our Créche is done. In this discussion I have tried to show various techniques. Naturally you can build a Créche using only some of them (e....]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Dear Friend of the Créche,

 after eigtheen steps our Créche is done. In this discussion I have tried to show various techniques. Naturally you can build a Créche using only some of them (e.g. you can cover the walls with &quot;Krippenmörtel&quot; instead of rendering coat. You are welcome to adapt and vary.

I hope you enjoyed our little tour and do post the results of your efforts in this forum.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Eighteen: Plants and Trees</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2015 14:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Once the color of the ground has set, it is time to decorate. I like to use small pieces from plants and bits of sand to give the appearance of a lived-in place. 

I use bird sand from a pet...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Once the color of the ground has set, it is time to decorate. I like to use small pieces from plants and bits of sand to give the appearance of a lived-in place. 

I use bird sand from a pet store since it is fine and flows well. The sand should not cover the ground completely but sit locally in dark corners or along well trodden paths. I first apply some wood glue with a small brush in the relevant places and then sprinkle sand with a spoon on it. The first layer of sand will be held by the glue once it dries. The rest can be blown off easily. 

Small stones can be glued in strategic places as well. I tend to mix them with diluted glue (Leimwasser) and then spoon them on the Créche.

Small plants can be represented by pieces of lichen. Some sports of moss also resemble small flowers, when looked at closely. Glue them with hot melt glue in groups of three and four to give a natural appearance. 

The big tree is a piece from a hornbeam hedge with some lichen on it. For trees “parts pro toto” works perfectly. If you want to represent a fir tree, use a bit of fir tree. If you want to have a beech, find some beech root, e.g. from a toppled over tree after a storm.

The final result with a small – maybe too small – nativity group can be seen in Figure 32.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1450=993-imgp2955-plants-and-trees.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1450=993-imgp2955-plants-and-trees.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Seventeen: “Fassen” - Coloring the Ground</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2015 20:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[After painting the roof it is finally time to color the ground. This time we use the “dark on white” technique. This technique requires powdered paint and a liquid binder. Binders can be acr...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[After painting the roof it is finally time to color the ground. This time we use the “dark on white” technique. This technique requires powdered paint and a liquid binder. Binders can be acrylic binder from the art  store, technical gelatine (Hasenleim) or simply some beer with a twist off cap. In my aquaintance the beer is the most popular binder: first because after drying the paint can still be washed off with water and second because of the disposal of unused binder  <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /> 

The colors used depend on the type of creche. For a folkloric creche from Germany brown, two greens and some black together with some white for mixing seems appropriate. I make my green from blue and some gold ocre, see Fig 29. The typical yellows do not give nice greens for vegetation. Since the blue is such a strong pigment I keep it away from the other pigments on the pallet.

The first part is a thorough coloring of the Krippenmörtel covering the ground with side by side. It is important to color the ground thoroughly such that all crevices and valleys become painted. One cannot put too much color on the ground since the second step will be to wash all the excess paint off with a wet – not dripping – sponge., see Fig 30 It is important to keep the sponge clean and change the water regularly. If the sponge contains to too much pigment it becomes the paint brush  <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /> 

The wet sponge takes off the pigment from the elevated parts of the ground such that a nice lively pattern develops, see Fig 31. One needs to press out the sponge thoroughly. If the sponge is too wet, it takes off too much color.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=977-IMGP2950-final-coat.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=977-IMGP2950-final-coat.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=978-IMGP2947-washing-down.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=978-IMGP2947-washing-down.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=979-IMGP2942-pigment-and-beer.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1415=979-IMGP2942-pigment-and-beer.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Sixteen: “Fassen” - Painting the Roof</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Once the Krippenmörtel has dried, it can be painted with the base coat. Here we use the same white external wall paint as we used in Step 7 for the rendering coat, see Fig 27. 

While the ba...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Once the Krippenmörtel has dried, it can be painted with the base coat. Here we use the same white external wall paint as we used in Step 7 for the rendering coat, see Fig 27. 

While the base coat dries we can color the roof., see Fig. 27 In our area the roofs tend to have red tiles on the roof, so we can use the same colors as we did in Step 8 when we colored the bricks. With a dry brush we first take up very little red and brush it onto the corrugated cardboard. Some but not all of the 'valleys' should be touched and most of the 'hills' should have some red. We then add some brown and orange spots in the same manner. The final coat would be some red again. Fig. 28 shows the roof after we have added color to it. Still some of the gray base coat is visible. Adventurous creche makers add some purple and black spots as well, to make the roof more dramatic.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1414=975-IMGP2938-colored-roof.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1414=975-IMGP2938-colored-roof.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1414=976-IMGP2936-tile-colors.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1414=976-IMGP2936-tile-colors.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Fifteen: Making Ground</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Once the Door and hatch have been glued to the stable, we stain them as described in Step 10. After drying we add some Umbra green and black specks to indicate decay. The result can be seen ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Once the Door and hatch have been glued to the stable, we stain them as described in Step 10. After drying we add some Umbra green and black specks to indicate decay. The result can be seen in Fig 25 and Fig 26.

For the dirt floor we need to prepare some “Krippenmörtel”. To prepare this we first make some diluted wood glue (“Leimwasser”). For this we need to mix 1 part wood glue with 5 parts water and stirr well. The Krippenmörtel is then made by mixing one volumetric part of chalk with one volumetric part of saw dust. After mixing the two dry powders well, we slowly add Leimwasser and keep stirring until we get a creamy, plaster like substance. Krippenmörtel will last about a fortnight if kept in a watertight container (e.g. a jelly jar with a screw-on lit). 

For the soil around the house and the dirt floor in the barn, we apply the Krippenmörtel gently with a brush, see Fig. 25.  It is important that we generate a rough surface and not fettle it too much. The ground should be uneven and worn from use. The sides of the base board are covered with Krippenmörtel as well. For this I use a pallet – knife or a spatula from a stucco plasterer's workshop, see Fig. 26.

The Krippenmörtel will have to dry for 6 to 8 hours before we can apply a base coat.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1413=973-IMGP2890-Working-with-the-pallett-knife.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1413=973-IMGP2890-Working-with-the-pallett-knife.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1413=974-IMGP2888-Applying-Krippenmoertel.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1413=974-IMGP2888-Applying-Krippenmoertel.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Fourteen: Mounting</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2015 13:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Figure 24 shows the three pieces of the Creche placdtendatively to the base before door and hatch are glued in. I use 8mm (5/16”) plywood. The corner in front of the barn has been cut of in ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Figure 24 shows the three pieces of the Creche placdtendatively to the base before door and hatch are glued in. I use 8mm (5/16”) plywood. The corner in front of the barn has been cut of in a quarter circle to make the Creche more attractive.

The damage in the barn roof can be seen very well in this base-painted state.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1395=966-IMGP2870-mounted.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1395=966-IMGP2870-mounted.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Thirteen: Door and Hatch</title>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Before we can continue and mount the pieces of the Creche to the base board, we first have do make a small door and hatch for the stable. 

Since the stable will not be lit, we can make thin...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Before we can continue and mount the pieces of the Creche to the base board, we first have do make a small door and hatch for the stable. 

Since the stable will not be lit, we can make things easy and use a thin pane of XPS, cut with the hot wire cutter to a thickness of 5mm (3/16”), as a support. The piece is cut to size to fit snugly into the inside of the stable covering both the door and the upstairs window opening. Hold the piece there and mark the opening on the XPS - pane with a pencil.

Both door and hatch are made out of wood. We split small wooden shingles of a block cut to size with a saw. Splitting is best done with a large kitchen knife. One holds it across the wood grain and splits of thin layers of wood by tapping it gently with a wooden hammer. Alternatively one can use a home made “Schindelmaschine”, see <a class="go2wpf-bbcode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www&#046;mo-it&#046;at/krippenwerkstatt/tipp_archiv&#046;php?archiv_id=30">http&#058;//www&#046;mo-it&#046;at/krippenwerkstatt/tipp_archiv&#046;php?archiv_id=30</a> for details about splitting (in German only). The grain gives a very pleasant structure to the pieces. My shingles were a bit too large, so I split them into small planks with a small kitchen knife. Next one has to carve off the edge with a small kitchen knife or a carving knife. 

One can use other thin pieces of wood, e.g. wood sticks from ice cream bars, as well. If you do, you have to brush them like the timber we used in Step 9 and carve the edges off. 

The sticks are then broken <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_exclaim.gif" alt=":!:" title="Exclamation" /> to length and glued to the XPS – support. Braking instead of cutting gives the appearance of a used door slightly in disrepair. Make sure you stay inside the markings (see Figure 23), such that the door and hatch will fit easily into the opening. 

The wood is stained similar to the timber, see Step 10. 

If you want, you can cut along the top edge and one long edge of the door and push it sligthly inwards. This gives the appearance of a partially open door. The complete piece is then glued into the stable.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1394=965-IMGP2875-Door-and-Hatch.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1394=965-IMGP2875-Door-and-Hatch.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Twelve: Roofing</title>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2015 11:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Now it is time to put tiles on the roof. For the small scale of this Creche the best method is the corrugated cardboard technique. 

The source for my corrugated cardboard was a fancy box wh...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Now it is time to put tiles on the roof. For the small scale of this Creche the best method is the corrugated cardboard technique. 

The source for my corrugated cardboard was a fancy box which was used as a present box for wine bottles. I removed the top layers of paper from the upper and the lower side of the cardboard. To do this one has to apply water with a sponge to the cardboard and soften the glue. The trick is to apply enough water to weaken the top layer, but not so much to damage the corrugated layer. If the outer layer shows pictures and advertisements, it is probably also very water repellent. In that case you might want to brush the cardboard with a wire brush to generate points of attack for the water. I remove the softened paper layers with a sharp kitchen knife, but one can also use a brush. Slight damage to the corrugated paper is o.k. I will give the roof a more realistic appearance later.

You don't have to remove both the top layers on both sides of the corrugated paper. I find it gives a more real roof, well worth the extra effort, however. 

Once all the corrugated paper is ready and dried, the roofing can start. Roofing starts from the bottom of the roof. The first layer is a very narrow strip right along the lower edge of the battens, see Fig 20. Its only purpose is to elevate the lower part of the first row of tiles. Otherwise they would be misaligned, since all the other rows rest in their lower part on the row of tiles below. For the tiles I cut a strip of cardboard across the corrugate. I mark start and end of the cut and use scissors to cut the strip.  One wants to avoid a ruler, since it gives  too straight a line which appears unnatural for an aged roof. Some waviness is intended. The strips are glued 1) to the top edge of the already existing shingles and 2) with their own upper edge to the battens, see Fig 21. 

The first row of tiles protrudes above the lower edge of the battens. Figure 22. shows the arrangement from the side. To achieve a natural appearance I avoid gluing the lower edge of the tiles. Once all tiles have been attached and the glues has dried, I cut the rows to length with a pair of scissors.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=962-IMGP2873-roof-side-view.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=962-IMGP2873-roof-side-view.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=963-IMGP2865-roofing.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=963-IMGP2865-roofing.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=964-IMGP2861-roof-first-row.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1393=964-IMGP2861-roof-first-row.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Eleven: Raising the Timber</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2015 22:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The little barn on the left hand side of our Creche will  house the Holy Family. Its main support are two wooden posts and a crossbeam which form the entrance. On the left the main beam rest...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The little barn on the left hand side of our Creche will  house the Holy Family. Its main support are two wooden posts and a crossbeam which form the entrance. On the left the main beam rests on one of the two wooden posts. On the right I cut a small notch into the XPS-wall, just big enough to hold the beam. One has to remember, however that the wall slopes down, so a little adjusting with the carving knife might be needed. The left of the three rafters holding the roof is somewhat shorter than the other two. This way the roof will have a more interesting form with a little protrusion on the right. I cut these small wood sticks with a Miter Cutter, but a small hand saw will do the job as well. White wood glue is the glue of choice, again. Figure 17 shows the timber frame assembly. The view is from below. 

Instead of roofing battens, which would have become rather flimsy in this small scale, I used a thin layer of XPS to cover the rafters and support the tiles. To give it a the appearance of a wooden board, some work is needed. First we cut a small thin slab of XPS. The we introduce grooves similar to what we find in worn wood, where the summer growth has rotted away. For this I use a small wire brush which I gently pull along the run of the “wood”, see Figure 18. One has to remember never to push the brush as it would damage the part. The wires are comparatively stiff and would rip pieces of material out of the XPS surface. 

Figure 19 gives a magnified view of the underside of the roof. The coloring was done with the same technique as the coloring of the bricks, see Step 8.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=959-imgp2872-roof-underside-orange.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=959-imgp2872-roof-underside-orange.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=961-IMGP2871-timber-work-orange.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=961-IMGP2871-timber-work-orange.jpg"></div></a></div><div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=960-IMGP2858-wire-brush.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1388=960-IMGP2858-wire-brush.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Step Ten: Staining</title>
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                        <description><![CDATA[The next step is to stain the brushed wood. For a typical German house and barn one yould use either walnut of medium oak stains.

I like to use water based stain, which you can buy either a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The next step is to stain the brushed wood. For a typical German house and barn one yould use either walnut of medium oak stains.

I like to use water based stain, which you can buy either as a powder or ready made. The powder stain comes in small envelopes of 25 grams. The power is dissolved in boiling water. After it has cooled down you can apply it like any paint. Stain has very finde pigments and therefore generates a semi-transparent coat, which retains the wood appearance of the piece. 

Stain penetrates into the wood instead of forming a film on the surface. You can adjust the appearance of the material by painting various stains on top of each other. However the first one will usually dominate. Also, if you want to make only a very light color, try applying clean water first and then put the stain on.<div class="wpforo-attached-file"><a class="wpforo-default-attachment go2wpf-inline-attach" href="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1387=954-img_0192-beize-orange-klein.jpg"><i class="fas fa-paperclip"></i> <div class="wpforo-attached-file-img"><img class="go2wpf-inline-attach-img" style="max-width: 320px;max-height: 240px" src="//www.krippenverein.de/wp-content/uploads/wpforo/attachments/174/1387=954-img_0192-beize-orange-klein.jpg"></div></a></div>]]></content:encoded>
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