sueded walls

[Carol Nicolazzo]

I'm thinking about doing some faux painting to my hall walls. I've seemto
like the looks of color washing and ragging but have not attempted to do any
of these as of yet. Color washing looks nice but how do you avoid
overlapping too much that the paint starts to look like one color. I've
also seen this with a double roller and split pan. My favorite look though
is suede look. Has anyone done this and did you find it hard? Does this
process take more paint than usual since it is a textured paint?

[cgonthier@gmail.com]

Ralph Lauren puts out a suede-look paint

http://www.rlhome.polo.com/rlhome/products/paint/colorwheel.asp?colortype=76&db=1&top=2

.. I did my living room in a blue -

Loess
RL Number: SU40

and it came out very well. It takes two coats of the color with a
roller to get full coverage and then you go over the entire wall again
with a 4" or larger brush making short strokes going in all directions
with the same paint. Just dip the end of the brush in the paint just
enough to get the end of the bristles covered in paint and pretend you
are a mad artiste with dashing strokes all over the wall. The paint is
textured. This process doesn't require glazes either, and in that
respect, simplifies.

Hope this helps.
Caron


Carol Nicolazzo wrote:
> I'm thinking about doing some faux painting to my hall walls. I've
seemto
> like the looks of color washing and ragging but have not attempted to
do any
> of these as of yet. Color washing looks nice but how do you avoid
> overlapping too much that the paint starts to look like one color.
I've
> also seen this with a double roller and split pan. My favorite look
though
> is suede look. Has anyone done this and did you find it hard? Does
this
> process take more paint than usual since it is a textured paint?

[cgonthier@gmail.com]

Ralph Lauren puts out a suede-look paint

http://www.rlhome.polo.com/rlhome/products/paint/colorwheel.asp?colortype=76&db=1&top=2

.. I did my living room in a blue -

Loess
RL Number: SU40

and it came out very well. It takes two coats of the color with a
roller to get full coverage and then you go over the entire wall again
with a 4" or larger brush making short strokes going in all directions
with the same paint. Just dip the end of the brush in the paint just
enough to get the end of the bristles covered in paint and pretend you
are a mad artiste with dashing strokes all over the wall. The paint is
textured. This process doesn't require glazes either, and in that
respect, simplifies.

Hope this helps.
Caron


Carol Nicolazzo wrote:
> I'm thinking about doing some faux painting to my hall walls. I've
seemto
> like the looks of color washing and ragging but have not attempted to
do any
> of these as of yet. Color washing looks nice but how do you avoid
> overlapping too much that the paint starts to look like one color.
I've
> also seen this with a double roller and split pan. My favorite look
though
> is suede look. Has anyone done this and did you find it hard? Does
this
> process take more paint than usual since it is a textured paint?

[cgonthier@gmail.com]

Ralph Lauren puts out a suede-look paint

http://www.rlhome.polo.com/rlhome/products/paint/colorwheel.asp?colortype=76&db=1&top=2

.. I did my living room in a blue -

Loess
RL Number: SU40

and it came out very well. It takes two coats of the color with a
roller to get full coverage and then you go over the entire wall again
with a 4" or larger brush making short strokes going in all directions
with the same paint. Just dip the end of the brush in the paint just
enough to get the end of the bristles covered in paint and pretend you
are a mad artiste with dashing strokes all over the wall. The paint is
textured. This process doesn't require glazes either, and in that
respect, simplifies.

Hope this helps.
Caron


Carol Nicolazzo wrote:
> I'm thinking about doing some faux painting to my hall walls. I've
seemto
> like the looks of color washing and ragging but have not attempted to
do any
> of these as of yet. Color washing looks nice but how do you avoid
> overlapping too much that the paint starts to look like one color.
I've
> also seen this with a double roller and split pan. My favorite look
though
> is suede look. Has anyone done this and did you find it hard? Does
this
> process take more paint than usual since it is a textured paint?

[cgonthier@gmail.com]

Ralph Lauren puts out a suede-look paint

http://www.rlhome.polo.com/rlhome/products/paint/colorwheel.asp?colortype=76&db=1&top=2

.. I did my living room in a blue -

Loess
RL Number: SU40

and it came out very well. It takes two coats of the color with a
roller to get full coverage and then you go over the entire wall again
with a 4" or larger brush making short strokes going in all directions
with the same paint. Just dip the end of the brush in the paint just
enough to get the end of the bristles covered in paint and pretend you
are a mad artiste with dashing strokes all over the wall. The paint is
textured. This process doesn't require glazes either, and in that
respect, simplifies.

Hope this helps.
Caron


Carol Nicolazzo wrote:
> I'm thinking about doing some faux painting to my hall walls. I've
seemto
> like the looks of color washing and ragging but have not attempted to
do any
> of these as of yet. Color washing looks nice but how do you avoid
> overlapping too much that the paint starts to look like one color.
I've
> also seen this with a double roller and split pan. My favorite look
though
> is suede look. Has anyone done this and did you find it hard? Does
this
> process take more paint than usual since it is a textured paint?