Decorative painter Gary Lord creates a high-end, metallic wallpaper look using paint.
Materials:
Aquabond Off White
squirrel mixer
1/2" electric drill
paint tray
Pallette Art bronze or pearl
3" or 4" nylon bristle brush
9" roller handle and 1/2" lambskin sleeve
rubber triangle comb
plastic wallpaper hanger's smoother/straightedge
rags
Steps:
- Apply two full even coats of Aquabond Off White base coat over your surface of choice.
- Stir Palette Art Bronze or Pearl using an electric drill with a squirrel attachment.
- Apply the Palette Art heavily (1/16-inch to 1/8-inch thick). You can apply this with the bristle brush or lambskin roller handle and sleeve. Work in an approximately 2' x 2' area and continue to work in and out of finished and unfinished areas until the wall is complete.
- Using your rubber triangle comb, make small half moon crescent shapes, overlapping each pattern as you go so that there are no brushed areas remaining untouched.
- Clean your comb after every other crescent shape so it does not get clogged up.
Method for Wallpaper Smoothing Tool Technique:
- Follow steps 1-3 above.
- Using the wallpaper smoothing tool, glide it across the surface, raising it off the surface 1/16 to 1/8-inches while also moving it up and down. This will create your fan pattern. Repeat the process over the entire wall.
Resources products and paints - metallic wallpaper look
Wall Options Inc. / Prismatic Painting Studio
Cincinnati, OH
USA
Phone: 513-931-5520
E-mail:
info@prismaticpainting.com
Website:
www.prismaticpainting.com
Guests Gary Lord
Decorative painter, author and teacher, Wall Options, Inc.
935 W. Galbraith Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45231
Phone: 513-931-5520
E-mail:
info@prismaticpainting.com
URL:
www.prismaticpainting.com
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