How to Paint a Faux Stone Arch
A stone arch over a doorway gives a quaint, appealing look to any decor. Building a stone arch or attaching faux stone facades to an existing wall can be an expensive project. To achieve the effect of a stone arch over your doorway, you can paint a stone facade that looks and feels exactly like real stone. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Measuring tape
- 5-gallon bucket all-purpose joint compound
- Trowel
- Spatula
- Plastic buckets
- Old baking tin
- Sandstone yellow oil paint
- Gray oil paint
- Paint thinner
- Glazing liquid
- Paintbrush
- Rags
- Artist's brush
Instructions
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Measure and draw an arch with a pencil on the wall. Hang the pencil with a piece of string in the middle of the doorway. Hammer a tack where you want the center of the arch. Draw the curve of the arch.
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Spread the joint compound over the arch using the trowel and spatula. Try to maintain an even thickness.
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Press the old baking tin on the wet joint compound. Keep pressing every ½ inch till the joint compound resembles rows of stones. Mark the grout lines of the stone using the spatula. Leave the compound to dry completely.
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Pour 1 part yellow paint, 1 part thinner and 1 part glazing liquid into a plastic bucket and mix well. Paint the arch with the yellow color completely. Glaze the wall using a rag dipped into a little thinner.
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Mix the gray paint. Paint the grout lines with the gray paint once the yellow paint dries completely. Use the artist's brush to paint the grout lines gray.
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