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Posted by Oren on April 28, 2008, 8:34 pm
wrote:
>Ray K wrote:
>> I plan to use the sponge-on technique, with one or two coats over the
>> latex base coat. Almost everything I've read talks about using glazes
>> over the base coat, with glaze meaning a transparent "paint" that I
>> would tint to which ever color I choose, using separately bought
>> coloring agents.
>>
>> Rather than going to this trouble and expense, why can't I simply have
>> a paint dealer tint a latex paint of the same sheen to the color I
>> want, selected from one of those ubiquitous color cards that all paint
>> stores display?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Ray
>Thanks, everyone.
>
>This is the only site of the dozen or so I've visited that actually
>recommended latex second and third coats rather than glazes for sponging on.
>http://www.artsparx.com/sponging.html
Sponging with colors; is not the same as faux panting with glaze. You
will do fine.
With a sponge and a dab of paint you can make the job look any way you
want. Hard to mess it up :)
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