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| Painting, Sponge |
| This exclusive DIY kit shows you how to sponge paint your walls. |
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Materials: Sea sponge
Satin or eggshell finish paint
Glazing liquid
Disposable latex gloves
Painting tape
Plastic buckets
Drop cloth
Paint tray
Ladder - Before you start, make sure the walls are smooth and clean. Mask off all the woodwork and ceiling (figure A), then cover the floor with a drop cloth. Once you've decided on the color palette for the room, you can get started.
Note: If the room isn't one of the colors you have chosen, then you'll want to paint the walls with a base-coat color, using a quality satin finish paint. Allow at least 4 hours for the paint to dry. - Mix sponging paint with a glazing liquid -- mix 1 part paint to 8 parts of glazing liquid.
- Wet the sponge and squeeze out most of the water. If you have a large sea sponge, you may want to cut it in half to create a smooth working surface, and the sponge will be easier to handle.
- With latex gloves on, gently dip the sponge into the paint and remove the excess by dabbing the sponge on a newspaper or paper towel.
- Start in an upper corner by pressing the sponge onto the wall, giving a slight rolling motion as you come off the surface.
- Randomly apply the paint (figure B), slightly overlapping the sponge-marks so you can't see a pattern. Use smaller pieces of the sponge to get into the corners (figure C) and all the way to the edge of the wall.
- If you're just doing one color, remove the tape and let the wall dry.
- If you want to apply a contrasting color, let the first color dry for approximately 4 hours, and then start the process again. There's no limit to how many coats you can apply, and there's no right or wrong look -- just choose the color combination that you desire.
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