How to Paint a Faux Finish on Interior Accessories

How to Faux Paint Accessories

Your beautifully faux finished room can look even more like you hired a professional to do your decorative interior painting if you add the final touch - finishing the minor accessories to match you faux finished walls.

Even with professional interior painting, little things like painting heat duct covers and electrical outlet covers can add to decor without adding to the cost of painting a room.

Just follow these painting tips to add awesome detail to your rooms now that you know how to apply faux paint finishes to your walls.

Things You'll Need

• Primer
• Base Color
• Faux Glaze
• Rags
• Artist Brush
• Cotton Swabs

Instructions

1. Remove accessories that you want to faux finish. You can finish electrical switch plate and outlet covers, heat and air conditioning vent covers, and even closet doors.

2. Clean them to remove any loose particles and grease.

3. Lightly sand high gloss finishes.

4. 

   Apply a coat of primer and let dry overnight. If the finish appears thin, apply a second coat of primer.

5. 

   Apply the base coat color used on your walls. With complicated accessories such as air conditioning vent covers, use a small artist style brush to fully cover all the parts even inside the vent. Let dry overnight.

6. 

   Using a rag or sponge, apply the faux glaze mix you used on the walls, trying to match the pattern as closely as possible. Let dry overnight.

7. 

   If you're satisfied that your accessory matches the walls, attach the item to the wall.

8. 

   After the item is screwed back in its place, take a tiny brush or cotton swab and dab the head of the mounting screws with the glaze mix. Now everything blends in with your beautifully faux finished walls!

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure all pieces dry thoroughly in between coats