How to Faux Glaze a Wall

It is easy to create designer décor in your home through faux glazing. By faux glazing your walls, you can create a dramatic mood and tone in any room. Use dark colors to create a dramactic allure or light colors to create an airy elegancve. Faux glazing techniques are easy; it only takes a few hours to decorate your home with either of these two techniques.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 1 Gallon primer
• 1 Gallon of satin enamel paint
• 1 Quart of satin enamel paint
• 3/8" Paint roller
• Paint tray
• Plastic mixing pail
• Water-based polyurethane
• 1 Gallon of faux glaze
• Mixing stick
• Sea sponge
• Rags
• Plastic gloves
• Drop cloth

Faux Glazing by Sponge Application

1. Select the color that you will use. For faux glazing, the base coat should be a lighter tint of the glazing finish, so choose a light shade and a darker shade of one color. Have the hardware store mix one gallon of the lighter shade; this will be your base coat. Next have the store mix one quart of the darker shade; this will be your glaze.

2. Prepare your painting surface. Repair and cracks or nail holes in the walls. Sand the walls until they are smooth to the touch with no ridges or bumps. Primer the walls and allow to dry for at least four hours.

3. Paint the walls with the base coat using the paint roller. Allow to dry for at least four hours.

4. Mix four parts of faux glaze (one gallon) with one part of your glaze color (one quart) in the plastic mixing pail.

5. Pour the glaze mixture into a roller tray. Dip the sea sponge into the paint. Using a rag, blot the sponge. Apply the glaze to the wall using the sponge by randomly dabbing the wall.

6. Continue glazing until the wall is finished. Allow the paint to dry for at least four hours.

7. Coat the walls with polyurethane to protect the glaze.

Faux Glazing by Sponge Removal

8. Select the color that you will use. For faux glazing, the base coat should be a lighter tint of the glazing finish so choose a light shade and a darker shade of one color. Have the hardware store mix one gallon of the lighter shade; this will be your base coat. Next have the store mix one quart of the darker shade; this will be your glaze.

9. Prepare your painting surface. Repair and cracks or nail holes in the walls. Sand down the walls until they are smooth to the touch with no ridges or bumps. Primer the walls and allow to dry for at least four hours.

10. Paint the walls with the base coat using the paint roller. Allow to dry for at least four hours.

11. Mix four parts of faux glaze (one gallon) with one part of your glaze color (one quart) in the plastic mixing pail.

12. Roll the glaze coat over a 4-foot square section of the wall, starting at the top of the wall.

13. Dab off the glaze using a damp sea sponge. Work quickly; do not let the glaze coat to dry as this will cause distinct lines on the wall. Use the sponge to blend the painted sections. Rinse the sponge out often. Continue glazing until the wall is finished. Allow the paint to dry for at least four hours.

14. Coat the walls with polyurethane to protect the glaze.