Things You'll Need:
- Painter's tape
- Drop cloths
- 2 gallons flat base coat paint
- Paint tray
- 9-inch roller pad and frame
- Paint pole
- 2 1/2 inch angled paintbrush
- 2 gallons flat paint for faux finish
- 5 gallon bucket joint compound
- Drywall mud tray
- 4-inch putty knife
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Step 1
Use the painter's tape to protect the edges of your baseboard trim, door trim and window trim. Choose a color for your base coat of paint. The base coat will be the underlying coat of the faux finish. Open a gallon of the base coat paint and pour some into the paint tray. Leave enough room in the tray to be able to saturate the roller pad.
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Step 2
Place the roller pad on the roller frame and connect the frame to the paint pole. Lay the pole aside temporarily. Use your 2 1/2 inch angled paintbrush to cut in at the ceiling and around all of the trim. Use the roller pad and frame to roll paint onto the walls. Allow to dry for at least 2 hours and recoat if necessary. After recoating the walls, allow to dry overnight.
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Step 3
Open a can of the paint for the top coat. Pour some of the paint into your joint compound tray about 2 inches deep. Begin adding joint compound to the paint and thoroughly mix it with your putty knife. Your mixture should be the consistency of brownie batter and thin enough to spread easily on the wall, but not so thin that it falls off the putty knife.
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Step 4
Dip the putty knife into the paint mixture. Begin by making crisscrossing patterns that overlap on the wall. Cover a 3-by-3-foot area. Scrape off excess paint and compound from the putty knife. Go back over the area and blend the section with the putty knife. To blend an area, use the same crisscross pattern with the clean putty knife. Continue these steps throughout the room.
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Step 5
Rinse out the joint compound tray periodically and start with a clean one. Over time, the compound will start to dry in the tray and on the edges. After you have completed the entire room, allow it to dry overnight.
