Stamping is a wall printing method which can be done over a plain solid color or a mottled, striped or other background.
Tools & Materials:
Primary Tools Needed:
- Fan Fitch
- Gold Leaf Paint (used for the above sample - you can use any latex paint)
- Cardboard Spacer
Stamping can be done with anything that will print consistently. Stamps of various designs are available from art supply stores. For this sampling I used a fan fitch (see above job pictures), and gold leaf paint on a dark blue background. Any paint and color combinations can be used for the print and the background.
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Background Color:
Paint the background a solid color, or you may rag or mottle it etc... You can use a flat paint for the background and a semi gloss for your print to add a bit of shimmer.
Click here to see Universal Surface Preparation Rules:
Technique:
You will be printing the wall with your tool (I will refer to it as a fan fitch, but any printing tool is fine), using a laser level (preferably) and a spacer which I will discribe below for placement. Tip: Slight varances will not be noticeable, either in the print or the print location. Do your best to be consistant with the print and in it's placement and you will be OK.
Start as you would with wallpaper at the most inconspicuous corner of the room. Because like wallpaper you will be meeting up at that point at the end.
I use a spacer to speed up the printing. You will be placing hundreds of prints on the wall which will go pretty fast with the spacer method. You can mark with a pencil each spot where a print will go.
The Spacer.
Is a piece of cardboard cut precisely square (use a square to measure and cut it) and is the width / height of your rows and columns of printed pattern (which measurement you decide based on your preference).
Using a laser line to line up your pattern vertically, print your pattern at the four corners of your spacer. If you find this hard to do and keep uniform, you can use a second laser level for your horizontal line also.or you can measure your spacing along the vertical laser line and put a small "x" to mark pattern placement. Check your vertical and horizontal frequently and well as your diagonal and catch any meandering before it becomes noticeable. If you make a mistake and your pattern runs up or down or your diagonal gets noticeably out of line you can blot out your pattern with paint and reprint as needed to make any corrections.
Note: if you are using gold leaf paint that some gold leaf paints need to be primed before you can paint over them with a latex paint. Keep that in mind if you are making any corrections by blotting out with the background color - blot out with primer first , then paint.
Fan Fitch Printing.
One of my favorite printing tools, I use just the top 1/4 inch of the brush tips to produce a crescent moon or sea shell like pattern. The fitch holds paint well and you can get a several prints out of each dip.
Engineering your pattern.
Look ahead of where you are printing toward where you are going and shrink you spacing or increase your spacing slightly to avoid any slivers near window frames or door casing. If you do this you can avoid any "mismatches" at the end point.
visually line up the pattern to place the middle stamp
print your pattern using the spacer to guide you as to the placement
check with the laser level periodically to be sure your pattern is not running up or down
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Stamping
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