Rag/Faux Painting
Chris Staller
painting techniques?
Steve Dropkin
<csta...@icmtech.com> wrote:
> Any good literature/"How to" information on rag, sponge and other faux
> painting techniques?
Just about every place in town that sells paint as a business (and not just
a sideline) has a pamphlet that outlines the different methods, with
materials lists, pictures, etc. Worth a trip.
--
"This is only temporary -- unless it works!" -- Red Green
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HD has recently instituted the "HD University" which I have attended
locally. The presentations are much better than they used to be .
You might want to give them a "re-try" and see.
There is more info on them at www.homedepot.com
Stan
On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 22:47:59 -0400, "Katie"
<xkatiex...@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>> At the risk of being flamed here for saying good things about Home
>> Depot :-))), the new "Home Depot University" series of workshops,
>> which are free, features a two hour workshop on decorative interior
>> painting which covers such things as sponge on, sponge off, rag on,
>> rag off, as well as others. I attended it in my area and thought it
>> was excellent.
>>
>> You may wish to look into it.
>>
>
>A big YMMV here. Last year we saw one of these advertised on the big HD
>chalk board and in the newspaper ad. We went on the appointed day and asked
>where we should go for the class. Everyone looked at us rather baffled and
>finally one of the guys in the paint department said, "Oh, let me find Ed --
>he knows how to do it." We stood around waiting for Ed. He showed up and
>said "how can I help you." We said we were there for the faux finishes
>class. He said, "what are you interested in doing?" We weren't sure. So
>he handed us the Behr paint faux finishes guide (which we already had, duh)
>and told us that this would pretty much tell us anything we needed to know.
>"Any other questions?" Uhhh, no, thanks. Gosh that was worth making a
>special trip up to HD that night.
>
>Katie
>
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