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Faux Wall Painting – 3 Easy Steps Towards 4 Basic Finishes
Faux wall painting is easy to master if you follow these time-proven steps and use the right items and products for each pattern or finish. Step 1 – Pick a color theme and have it made into a wall paint. Roll out your walls 2 coats with your lighter base color that you will be using under your texturing. This will make a solid base coat. Step 2 – Prepare your glaze mixture. Add one quart of wall paint (tinted 2 shades darker than your wall’s base coat) to one gallon of glaze. Step 3 – Now you are ready to choose any one of four faux painting techniques below. 4 Basic Faux Wall Painting Finishes: Color Washing 1. Apply a base coat to your wall. It needs to be lighter than the top glaze color, which gives it its effect. 2. Using your glaze mixture dip a soft cloth or sea sponge into the glaze mixture. 3. Now apply to wall by using a washing or circular motion. Work in various motions for better effects. You may prefer the soft cloth look more than the sponge look. Practicing on a sheet of vinyl first will make your finish come out nice. Sponging Apply a base coat to your wall. It needs to be lighter than the top glaze color, which gives it its effect. Sponging On - Pre-wet and wring out a sea sponge. Now dip it into the glaze mixture. Next, dab off the excess glaze onto some construction paper or poster board, etc. Next, working in square blocks, fill in a 4-foot section at a time, checking your work as you go. Sponging Off - Do the same as above except this time you put glaze onto the wall using a roller or a brush and then take a pre-wet, wrung out sponge and use it to take some of the glaze off the wall. Rinse the sponge in water, wring out and repeat the process. Rinse and wring out sponge often as needed. Strie’ 1. Apply a base coat to your wall. It needs to be lighter than the top glaze color, which gives it its effect. 2. Working in square blocks from left to right or vice versa, brush or roll your glaze mixture onto the wall. 3. Using a wide, flat, dry, paintbrush drag it downwards through the wet glaze making vertical lines. Next, working in small square blocks fill in a 4-foot section at a time, checking your work as you go. Ragging Apply a base coat to your wall. It needs to be lighter than the top glaze color, which gives it its effect. Ragging On - Pre-wet and wring out a sea sponge. Now dip it into the glaze mixture. Next, dab off the excess glaze onto some construction paper or poster board, etc. Next, working in small square blocks fill in a 4-foot section at a time, checking your work as you go. Ragging Off - do the same as above except this time you put glaze onto the wall using a roller or a brush and then take a clean, pre-wet wrung out rag and take glaze off the wall. Rinse the rag in water, wring out well and repeat the process. Rinse and wring out rag often as needed. Now you know 4 great faux wall painting finishes!
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