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How to Apply a Double-Process Strie Faux Painting Technique
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" Faux painting -- grace and sophistication to any room. In this module will show you history in effect. Called double process burlap street day and will use two different color combinations. To suggest the creative combinations you Contra. The burlap effect creates a rich texture and hand me deep -- to the war finished. Which cannot be matched by similar wallpaper patterns. -- to these faux painting process c.'s use this same technique and just two colors of paint. It's easy to do. And the results are very rewarding. Here's how. We've already painted two coats of primer on this demonstration section of drywall. -- 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 we'll be applying the darker stripes. Over light base. You can experiment to determine the combination of colors that will work well with the -- The base coat should always be either satin or semi gloss finish. We're using latex paint here for both easy application and easy cleanup. Apply the base coat over the primer coat with a roller. Working over two or three foot section of wall. And then filling in the spaces in between. After the base layer dries too often find holidays or areas of missing paint. You'll get a better overall results if you give your walls another coat of base paint before you start. The first process history color is made up of latex semigloss. Gloss. Or eggshell color you want for the stripes. Mixed -- with a latex glaze the glaze is a clear carrier that you use to make history a color more transparent. And to allow you enough time to lay down the pattern. The mixing ratio is five parts of latex glaze to one part of latex paint. The glaze looks milky white but dries clear. Measure and pour the glaze into the mixing bucket first. And then the paint. Stir the glaze thoroughly to blend the glaze and paint together. Using a quality four inch latex paint brush. Apply the single process color to the walls in the same direction that you want the stripes to run in this case horizontally. Leave a little more pain at the beginning at the -- So that you have additional paint to pull cross with a history brush. Apply enough paint to cover the width of two passes of the street apron she'll be using. Paint the entire length of the war. A stream brush is a special brush designed just a mixed create stripes. Hold the brush flat to the wall and pressing down slightly. Pulled the history brush slowly and steadily across the walls. Don't stop until you reach the end of the wall. As you get to the end of the wall. Rotate the brush to carry the pattern over the -- Return to the beginning of the wall and holding the brush flat to the wool pulled history brush across the remaining paint. Overlapping by a quarter and change. When the patterns been applied. Use a four inch latex brush to apply more single process color over the base coat. Covering an area just slightly under two -- of this treaty brush. Overlap the previous pass by a quarter of an -- Keeping the brush nearly flat to the wall. Distribute the paint even. After two -- three passes. Wipe off history brush with a cotton lint free rag to remove the excess paint. When you're done the first process should look something like this. Let the wall dry completely. And use that time to thoroughly clean and dry your brushes. After the wall is thoroughly dry. -- second process color of vertical story. The first step is to -- a little more glaze to the five to one glaze and paint mixture you've already made up. This will make the pattern more transparent. Using a quality four inch latex paint brush evenly apply the second process color vertically. Leave a little more pain at the top of the stripe to pull down with -- history a brush. Now using this seems to be -- which to thoroughly cleaned and dried. Hold the brush flat to the wall and with a gentle pressure dragged history brush straight down from the top of the wall to the bottom. Continued down the walls. Adding one or two brush widths of tinted glaze with a four inch latex brush. And then slowly pulled history brush down over the paint with a street even motion. Using clean lint free cotton rags white history brush dry after one or two passes. To keep the brush from loading with paint. It's the drawings create brush that makes the crisp burlap pattern. The result is a rich textured classic burlap pattern. Now you can altered history effect by simply changing the colors you choose for instance you can make the second process color lighter than the first process color. Here we mix the original beige base color with the latex glaze in a ratio of one part paint. 25 parts of latex -- Mix thoroughly and completely to -- a new place. Apply the glaze with a four inch latex brush. Lightly brushing the glaze thought we street even vertical strokes. Continue to apply the vertical stripes of tinted glaze. Quickly following. With firm's street strokes with a history a brush to set the pattern. It's a little trickier to get the pattern even when laying a lighter tint over darker color. If the layer is too -- by working quickly you can even out the pattern by going back over the area with a light touch. If there's a thin line of missing paint and a little more glaze with a latex brush. And then gently smooth it out with a history brush. Altering color combinations creates endless possibilities. But the result is always the same a classic faux painting pattern rich in texture and sophistication."