Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 You mix the glaze with your ragging/sponging paint color (not the base!!) and it gives the paint more of a translucent effect. Usually it's recommended that you mix one part paint to at least 3 parts glaze, sometimes even more. Just keep in mind that the more glaze you use, the more transparent the over-colors will be. If you are going for a more subtle look, use more glaze. Less subtle, use less glaze. Since I was looking for a more textured look - more contrast - with my sponging (even though it's " out of style " hehehe) I used one part paint to two parts glaze. That meant that the over-colors were more opaque. Since you are planning to " rag " the color, you will most likely want a more translucent effect so I would recommend 3 or 4 parts of glaze. The nice thing about the glaze is that it takes longer to dry, which means you have more time to mess around with it before it gets sticky and draggy. I practiced with a sheet of cardboard first - painted the base color and let it dry, then tried out the sponging on it before I tried it on the walls. I highly recommend this, not only because you get an idea of they effect you are going for, but also because you get more comfortable with the technique before it ends up on your walls. A side note, I hope the paint store personnel was smart enough to tell you that you need a satin paint to mix with glaze. If you got anything else (and hopefully you told them you were planning to rag with it) then you should be able to return it. Normally you can't return mixed paint, but if they screwed up, they should take it back. Jen B. > Sokay, I bought the paint - a major accomplishment actually - but what is this glaze thing? > > Regards, > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 One more thing... in case you are wondering where to buy the glaze, you can get it at Home Depot. Maybe that's all you wanted, and here I went on and on. ROFL!!! Jen B. > > > Sokay, I bought the paint - a major accomplishment actually - but > what is this glaze thing? > > > > Regards, > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2004 Report Share Posted March 31, 2004 It mixes best with the glaze. All the research I did on sponging beforehand said that you have to use a satin, so I followed orders! It's a LOT of work, so I figured that I better do it right so I wouldn't have to redo anything! LOL Just to give you an idea time-wise... first coat of sponging for the room which is 10x15 took me 4.5 hours. Second coat was a little faster at 3.5 hours only because I didn't sponge as heavily. If you plan to rag it, it will probably take about the same amount of time because you have application via sponge or brush, then the ragging part. If you are using two colors, you have to let the first one dry completely before you apply the second, or it will all blend together and you won't get the " depth " effect. Jen B. > Fantastic info... but why satin? > > > > A side note, I hope the paint store personnel was smart enough to > > tell you that you need a satin paint to mix with glaze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2004 Report Share Posted April 1, 2004 You are only going to need a quart of paint in the satin, so don't buy any more than that unless you have a *really* large room! I only used 1/2 of my quart of paint for the entire 10x15 room (and keep in mind that I used more paint-to-glaze than you are probably going to use). I think if you do a few different tests on some pieces of cardboard (just buy a quart of flat paint in the base color to do this) and try out a few different methods, you will settle on the one that you like the best before you start on the walls. One more thing to remember, paint always dries *darker* than it goes on... I have always thought that was really weird, but it does. It's good that you are going to use the base color that's already up there - saves a lot of time that way. If you don't have any of that paint hanging around to do the " testers " with, just get a paint sample and try to match it as best you can to buy your extra quart. I used a fairly large piece of cardboard (about 2'x4') for my tester, so I could hold it up against the wall and get a better feel for how it would look on a bigger scale. Good luck!! Jen B. > Fantastic, thanks, can't wait to try it. I only bought a small can of paint to test out so I'll get the larger in satin. I am lucky, the base coat is the colour that is already up, a pale yellow, so I don't have to do that part. All I have to do is figure out how the mixture is going to look with the addition of the gold... it sounds weird, but I am hoping it works - sort of applying the same colouring techniques I use when creating a make-up foundation and water colouring, so I've had a bit of practice. Wish me lots of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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