decorative painting
judith redder
done with latex....this certainly would be more convenient, but does
anyone know how to avoid the edge from drying too fast as you advance?
Reply return mail. Judy
Valerie Kiesel
: I have ragged a rooms with oil glazes, but I have heard that it can be
: done with latex....this certainly would be more convenient, but does
: anyone know how to avoid the edge from drying too fast as you advance?
: Reply return mail. Judy
I'd also like to know more about people's experiences with
ragging/sponging. I'm getting ready to try one or the other or both, but
haven't gotten my nerve up yet. Pros and cons would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Julie A. Grinstead
>From: val...@eskimo.com (Valerie Kiesel)
>Subject: Re: decorative painting
>Date: Mon, 29 Aug 1994 08:36:34 GMT
Ditto. Judy, could you post any good responses you get to the net? I am also
trying to get up the nerve to rag or sponge my bedroom walls. I agree that it
would be much easier to accomplish with latex.
Thanks,
Julie
Lstnspc
writes:
Judy, the latex paint needs to be mixed with a small amount of
Extender...as long as you work in rather small areas at a time. De,VA.
Marina Salume
>ragging/sponging.
I've done two simple things: I sponged white over the beige
walls of a bathroom (ceiling too!) and I sponged pink over
the upper half of the white walls in a little girls' bedroom.
I used ordinary latex house paint and a big sponge for both.
They came out great--the only "trick" was making sure the pattern
looked fairly even on all the surfaces. But this is a handpainted
look, after all, so some unevenness is attractive.
When I got to the corners of the room, I didn't try to get the
sponge all the way into it, that looked okay too. In the pink room,
I left the lower half of the wall solid white. Between the pink
sponged area and the solid white area, I stenciled a pink and blue
floral border, at about chair-rail height. It took one day to do
that room, including the second color.
I recommend wall painting if you have those "textured" walls
that won't take wall paper, by the way.
--marina
peggy struwe
in an old house with tall walls. The wallpaper was peeling and
something had to be done.
We just purchased the house, so have not yet moved in, so the room was
empty. That is the best way to get to all the walls.
All walls were stripped of wallpaper using enzyme in a sprayer and a
metal razor sharp wallpaper scraper. This took 2 of us about 1 day.
Walls were washed of all little pieces of paper and paste.
All holes and cracks were filled. Picture hanging rail at the top of
the wall was removed.
Fill was sanded with drywall sander and this process was repeated
until all holes were ready.
drywall primer was applied to all patches.
3 basic coats of latex satin enamal was applied to the walls and
ceiling.
This was may basic wall to start painting.. If you have a good wall,
you may be able to start with just 1 fresh coat of paint on the wall.
I used satin latex enamel because I wanted the look it gives, more
suitable to an old house. You can use any kind of paint.
I bought the blue paint edging masking tape. It doesn't pull tape
off. Every thing else I have used, will pull paint loose.
9 inches down the wall from the ceiling, I placed a band of tape
around the room. This was painted the same color as the ceiling to
lower the ceiling color.
36 inches from the floor, up the wall, I placed a band of tape around
the room. I chose this height because it was how the room was
originally painted.
I did nothing to the walls above the lower tape and below the upper
tape. It is just the new paint.
Below 36 inches, I used 4 additional colors and sponged them on with a
natural sponge, one color at a time. Since I was using latex, by the
time I was done with one color, I could start with the next color.
The sponge was bought in the personal care item section of walmart for
about 6 dollars. I have seen them as high as 15 dollars.
To sponge, I wetted the sponge and wrung it out dry. Then took a
styrofoam disposable 'paper' plate and put a couple of table spoons of
paint on one side. Dipped my sponge in several times, then touched
the plate several times to get most of the paint off. Then with a
light touch, start sponging the wall. When I was thru with that
color, wash the sponge with warm water and start on the next color. I
probably didn't use more than half a cup of paint out of the gallon of
paint. I would think you could use stencil or acrylic craft paint
too.
Then I slowly and carefully removed both bands of tape.
In the 9 inch band around the top of the wall, I stenciled a flower
design with leaves. Above the sponged paint 36 inch line, I also
stenciled the same flower pattern with leaves.
It turned out real nice. My biggest problem is deciding about colors.
The next one I do, I am going to use 5 shades of the same color. This
one I used a rose ivory color as base with a blue ceiling. Then the
colors that I used for sponging were pastel blue, pastel green, medium
dusky rose and a darker shade of the dusky rose. If I were doing it
again, I would use 2 other shades of rose rather than the blue and
green because they don't really show.
Peggy
Teresa Hall x0813
<stuff about how Peggy did a room in an old house deleted>
Peggy,
You're HIRED!! It sounds great, I was planning on doing the sponge thing to a
bathroom and am glad for the pointer on how to do it.
T.Hall
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>: anyone know how to avoid the edge from drying too fast as you advance?
area before appling rag