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Glazing Paint Test
Dec. 21st, 2009 12:42 pmI'm playing with wall paint. The Putnam Ivory latex has a flat finish, which will not do as a base coat. In a fit of creative genius, I found some Desert Glass latex semi gloss in my paint stash, and mixed it with the flat paint. Putnam Ivory and Desert Glass are very similar in color, so the mixing of two paints just gave me a brighter glossier ivory base coat.
The glazing technique that I'll try begins with rolling on the glaze coat in random geometric patterns over the base coat and then rubbing with a wet rag, in circular patterns, to soften the effect.
My paint test won't be finished today, and I'm hoping that the more restrained two color technique will satisfy me. I could always add a third color over it, I suppose.
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God, I'm so glad I did a test. The glaze was so similar to the base color that the effect looked like a bad paint job. Then I darkened the glaze to give it more contrast, and now it looks like a dirty wall. Back to the drawing board.
The glazing technique that I'll try begins with rolling on the glaze coat in random geometric patterns over the base coat and then rubbing with a wet rag, in circular patterns, to soften the effect.
My paint test won't be finished today, and I'm hoping that the more restrained two color technique will satisfy me. I could always add a third color over it, I suppose.
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God, I'm so glad I did a test. The glaze was so similar to the base color that the effect looked like a bad paint job. Then I darkened the glaze to give it more contrast, and now it looks like a dirty wall. Back to the drawing board.
