How to Work With Faux Glaze
W/hen painting a room, a faux glaze is a do-it-yourselfer's best friend for creating textures and splashes of color. A faux glaze can create sponged, textured, Venetian or suede paint effects. A glaze provides color, depth and warmth to a room; whereas a solid coat of paint typically only provides color. According to Home Depot, a sponge painting technique is the most popular faux glaze technique.
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Things You'll Need
- Base color paint
- Accent color paint
- Faux glaze
- Stir stick
- Paint tray
- Paint roller
- Drop cloth
- Painter's tape
- Sea sponge
- Bucket of clean water
- Mixing bucket
Instructions
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Select a base color for the room. You will apply the glaze technique on top of this color; therefore, select a base that accents the glaze color.
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Tape off the room using painter's tape. Border the ceilings, molding and baseboards with the tape to make sure that there are no strips or slips with the brush. Paint the room using a paint roller and tray with the base color. Allow the entire room to dry completely before applying the glaze coat.
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Use a mixing bucket to combine the faux glaze and accent color. Mix the faux glaze and paint using the ratios listed on the glaze container, since each style uses a different amount of glaze to paint. According to Home Depot, the standard glaze-to-paint ratio for sponge painting is 1 part paint to 4 parts glaze.
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Soak the sea sponge in a bucket of clean water. Rinse it out thoroughly by squeezing it in your hands. Pour the paint and glaze combination into a paint tray or small plate. Dip the sponge into the paint very lightly and dab it on a clean side of the paint tray to remove any excess paint.
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Start in an upper corner of the room and lightly dab the sponge on the surface of the wall. Turn the sponge with your wrist and sponge lightly over the first dab. Continue to alternate the direction of the sponge and work from the top corner toward the bottom corner of the room.
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Allow the first coat of sponge work to dry and apply a second color if you desire.
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References
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