eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.

Supplies for Bellagio Faux Finish Painting

Video Preview

Summary: Learn what painting supplies you need to paint a Bellagio faux finish on the interior walls of your home in this free online video demonstration of painting techniques.

Views:
2,723
Presenter
By Frank Messina
eHow Presenter

Frank Messina is a professional interior designer with his own business in Los Angeles. He specializes in painting and proudly demonstrates the Bellagio faux finishing technique that...read more

Post a Comment

Post a Comment

Video Transcript

"Wow so here we are. Here we are. And this is the final. This is the final finish this is your Bellagio faux finish. That is beautiful. As you can see the depth in it. That is beautiful. Yes. I love that warmth warm color. So what do we need to get started when we go to our home improvement store what do we need to buy? Well the first the first thing you need is the paint. Okay. Okay what you need is obviously the paint and I usually get one gallon a of a satin semi gloss finish for your base. This is the base? This is the base yes and what I do is I get the gallon of your paint semi gloss with satin. Semi gloss or satin. Yes and you also get a gallon of the color that you choose for your final Bellagio faux. What are some ideas of choosing color? Well it depends upon on what you are going for if you are going for a warmth look like I'm going for, I'm going to go with the browns and the earth tones mixed together or you can go if you want something dramatic you can go with a red and black which is always good to blend in together. Or you can get a pastel? Or even a pastel. What you want. Whatever you choose, whatever you prefer. How fun. How fun is that, that is great. It is and you buy your paint and the next thing you need is a 5 gallon paint container. Container yes. You need a 9 inch roller, 3/4 inch nap cause it rolls on the paint very nicely and the roller handle, a grid or a screen whatever you want to call it. These are easy items. These are easy items you can get them all in home improvement stores they carry it all in the paint department. I use a 2 1/2 angle brush this is for your starting the top the ceiling part there to do your cutting end and you need a trawl and you also need a mud pan or you can use a 2 gallon bucket of mixture joint compound and you need the joint compound and your color to create you Bellagio faux. Great. And then you are ready to start. Wait a minute what is this? That is the joint compound that I was talking about that creates your Bellagio faux. Alright so we need how much of this? Well I would just get 1 gallon of that for one wall. Alright and that is it. "

Related Ads

  • Have you done this? Click here to let us know.
Get Free Home & Garden Newsletters

Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy .   en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. † requires javascript

eHow Home and Garden
eHow_eHow Home and Garden