I'm repairing , recaning and repainting a traditional style black antique rocker and would like to be able to repaint the thin gold lines which appear on the spindles and legs but since they're quite thin I don't know how that might be done. I'm definitely not a good enough painter to paint them freehand. Maybe the areas could be masked and then painted but I'm hoping there's another more effective technique. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Again not entirely sure this is where I should put this question, so please let me know if not. The house we're moving into (built in 1968, renovated sometime after that) has this strange texturing added onto the walls in the dining room. It's very thick and raised, and has the look of brushed cement, or something similar? We tried sanding it off, to no avail. (Here's some pictures.) [url]https://i.gyazo.com/2151dde5a35729514d5198da59ff755c.jpg[/url] [url]https://i.gyazo.com/141d283db2da2bb23865d032355acc02.jpg[/url] Sanding, grinding, water, 2 different kinds of latex remover didn't work. It really seems like cement, but it's yellow and has flecks of something shiny, like fiberglass? Sorry, I'm kind of clueless about this stuff. This part of the wall we ended up having to coat over to move in, but there's still three walls with this texturing. If anyone knows what this treatment is, or how to remove it without having to resort to coating the rest of the walls with drywall mud, please let me know!