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How to Apply a Plastique Faux Painting Technique

Plastique is a faux painting technique that provides rich, mottled texture to enhance any room.

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How to Apply a Plastique Faux Painting Technique

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" Plastic is a faux painting technique that provides a rich model texture to enhance any room it's a quick process to create. In fact it's a fun active process where you move quickly as you apply the effect. In this module will teach to a plastic technique that you can try. Here's how to do. We've already painted two coats of primer on this demonstration section of tribal. You're wall should be clean sanded and smooth. Even if the existing paint is in good condition. It's a good idea to prime the room again. In this example will be applying both a darker blue color. And a lighter green color over light cream base. You can experiment to determine what combination of colors will work in your room. The base coat should always be either a satin or semi gloss finish never use a flat paint. We're using latex here for easy application and cleanup. Apply the base coat over the primer coat with a roller working over two to three foot section of the wall. Starting with the W pattern to distribute the paint. And filling in the spaces in between with the even strokes of the roller. After the base coat dries you'll often find holidays or areas of missing paint. You'll get better overall results if you give the walls another even coat of base paint. We'll be applying to -- into places made up of a blend of latex semi -- laws or eggshell finish with two colors that you've chosen. Mixed in with a latex glaze. The glaze is a clear carrier that you use to make the color more transparent. And to allow you enough time to lay down the pattern. Dip the bunched up plastic into the tinted glaze snakes. Wipe off the excess and then pat the plastic in a clean roller pan to distribute the paint. Now starting with the top corner pat the wall with the plastic wrap evenly laying out an interesting pattern. Now starting with -- another clean piece of plastic wanted into a pad. And dip it into the lighter blue highlight color which is our second process color. Gently pat this color over the first color. Randomly blending the two patterns together. When you've covered the area with bits of each color returned to the original darker color. And dipping the original plastic into the darker color. Patted on the roller tray to distribute the paint and then randomly distribute the paint pattern over the neighboring area. This is considered an additive faux painting technique. Because you're adding to paint the wall with a wadded up plastic. When you successfully covered the new area. Switch back to the lighter color and repeat the process. Gently patting the lighter color over the darker color. The trick to the plastic full painting process it's keeping the work area neat. Clean and organized. So that you can move quickly from the first process color to the second process color and back again. The idea is to create your own artistic pattern. Keeping the abstract design interesting. Note -- you just lightly tap the wall to create the pattern and rotate the -- of plastic when he gets too saturated with please. Stand back from the wall from time to time to make sure that the results are uniform in color and density. As you move across the wall. You can always go back and touch up the area with either a lighter or darker color. To make the pattern even. The result is a richly textured hand draw pattern. Your friend will never imagined that you created it in just a few hours with a handful of wadded up plastic."

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