Painting - suede painting walls
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11-01-01, 08:36 AM
It has been suggested that I "suede" paint the walls of my den. I'm looking to paint the walls a tobacco color. It is a small room with three windows, two doors and a cloest. The walls are horse hair plaster that are currently painted eggshell white.
How do you "suede" paint?
How do you "suede" paint?
BobF
11-05-01, 03:30 AM
Lowes and Home Depot have displays that show all these faux paint techniques. You friends could either be talking about suede paint from Ralph Lauren or a faux painting technique. I've never worked with the RL paints but have discussed it with painters that have. They all charge extra for it because its a PITA - very time consuming.
The faux paint is easier using tools available.
The faux paint is easier using tools available.
11-12-01, 07:16 PM
Hi!
I have never personally "suede painted" anything, but I recently saw an episode of Oprah where a woman suede painted her living room using a faux technique -- the technique involved mixing fine-grained sand with regular latex wall paint (approx 1 cup of sand to 1 gallon of paint), and the result was beautiful! I am looking forward to trying the technique in my house soon. I believe that the woman on Oprah had a book out entitled "The Painted House" that gives details on how to do this and many other faux techniques. I hope this helps.
Good Luck!
I have never personally "suede painted" anything, but I recently saw an episode of Oprah where a woman suede painted her living room using a faux technique -- the technique involved mixing fine-grained sand with regular latex wall paint (approx 1 cup of sand to 1 gallon of paint), and the result was beautiful! I am looking forward to trying the technique in my house soon. I believe that the woman on Oprah had a book out entitled "The Painted House" that gives details on how to do this and many other faux techniques. I hope this helps.
Good Luck!