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Wall Stenciling Continued

Work continues on the parlor's wall stencils. Bob and Ken Forcier are applying the second "layer" of the stencil�an ochre hue to complement the first shade of blue. To aid in the vertical alignment of the stencil patterns, Vila crafts a makeshift plumb bob using a washer tied to the end of a thread and secures it to the wall with painter's tape. Another tip: Adding a small dog ear to a corner of the stencil makes it easier to peel the stencil from the wall after the paint has been applied.

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" So we've made some progress and we have some of the poker in place. And here's a tip of your working in lining things up and you want to invent a plumb Bob are you need is some thread we'll take. And a weight on the bottom of the thread and that's gonna give you a vertical line. As a reference point right now I'm going to try to start fitting in the yellow poker leaves. Around the blue petals that are already in place. But to complete this room will take probably. One more whole day. Of working ahead. Nice right now Ken's gonna apply these. Yellow. Component to the vertical border. And these these paints that we're using you want to rules -- spritz of water him. -- you just sit and a little bit like that with a little little water right yep it dries up over time he can just bring it back to life a little spritz of water here you go. Now the interesting thing here we're which are obviously we used the regular wall paint is that a signature collection but here were using with the car wash. And these are artists' washes and in this particular case were holding a French blue tube which is the blue we got here. But this is the yellow oxide which is really -- poker color. It's a very rich yellow. Well there is a trick if you fold the corner kind of dog period you can get done. Stencil back off the wall easily -- that's true that's true."

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