How to Do Fast Faux Finishing Painting
For a quick pick me up to a room, do faux finishing painting. The depth and texture faux finishing provides will highlight your room's walls and make your design style apparent as soon as people enter the room. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- fast-drying acrylic paint
- paint rollers and brushes
- paint trays
- optional: wood grain tool, rags for faux finish, stencils, etc.
- rags for clean up
Instructions
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Gather the supplies as listed in the Things You'll Need section.
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Clean the area to be painted, especially in corners at edges, to remove dust and cobwebs. Gently scrub dirty areas to remove fingerprints and places that show wear.
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Add the first layer of paint or primer, if needed. Use a fast-drying acrylic paint as the base of the walls. Allow the paint to dry, several hours at a minimum.
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Decide what faux finish look you want to achieve. Apply a second coat of a different paint color over the first base coat.
For a wood-grain look, while still wet, run a grain tool (it is similar to a comb). Vary the pressure and angle of the tool to achieve "knot holes" and a realistic wood grain look.
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Use rags for a rag finish after the second color paint has been applied.
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Apply with a sponge, a thin coat or wash of acrylic paint that has been watered down to get an antiqued look.
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Tips & Warnings
Be sure to use fast-drying acrylic paint to do fast faux finishing painting.
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Comments
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Eva Wallace Andria Zech
Feb 23, 2011
Those have to be the worst directions on the face of this planet. There is no way someone would end up with a decent wall finish after those instructions. You didn't even tell them to tape off. Not only that, you can not just put straight paint on a wall and use a tool to take it off and have a faux finish, you need to add an extender and talk about working in small sections leaving a wet area that you do not run the tool or rag over in order to not roll over what you did when you continue. Plus as with the other instructions I have seen on here, people need pictures of each layer, if not a video. Seriously these are the worst instructions I have ever seen. EVER!!!!!!! Hey eHow, let me know when you want a proffesional to give advice. I'm in.
