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Color Washing
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Tools & Materials:
Color Wash is a simple wall finish and uses a minimum number of tools.
- 2" latex brush (used in lieu of the Stippler in small narrow areas)
- Roller, grid, and 5 gallon bucket or roller pan
- Short nap roller cover (1/4")
Base Coat / Glaze:
Click here to see Universal Surface Preparation Rules:
Color washing is a negative faux technique. With negative faux techniques you will need ample "open time" with your glaze and base coat system. I use BIN shellac primer as my base coat often for color washing - leaving it just plain white for many of the same reasons that I do for negative Ragging.
BIN will seal the underlying surface and prevent soak in of the glaze, this "hold out" will maximize "wet edge" time when used in conjunction with a good glaze. BIN dries quickly allowing you to get to the faux technique within an hour or so.
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White BIN base coat
Use a latex glaze with long working time
You can do this technique with Modern Masters Latex Extender. Add 1 part satin latex paint to 4 parts extender. Modern Masters Latex Extender has a lot of open time and doing this negative technique with it is no problem.
Glaze color
Technique:
Working in standard 4' x 4' sections, and starting at one end of the wall and working toward the other end, roll on the glaze mixture to a 4' x 4' section of wall with a short nap roller.
Take the dry block stippler in a negative removal manner and "add" semi circular brush marks in a cross hatch onto the glaze.
Keep the Block Stippler clean by wiping the bristles clean with paper towel.
After you've "added" the cross hatch brush marks with the Block Stippler, soften the whole area by randomly stippling it with the Block Stippler. Stipple just enough to add variety and to break up the harshness of the brush marks but don't overdo it and turn the technique into a "stipple" technique.
Repeat the above steps until the wall is completed. This is a negitve technique so you must work from one end of the wall to the other without stopping or you will get a lap mark.
To prevent the glaze from drying onto the tips of your block stippler, rinse it clean and blot it dry onto a paper towel if and when you take a break. (Do not take a break in the middle of a wall but wait until the wall is completed).
Use the alternate wall sequencing for this technique, and tape off the adjacent walls with paper tape.
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