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what texture pattern for my walls? Lorenzo il Magnifico 06-23-2005
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Posted by Lorenzo il Magnifico on June 23, 2005, 12:03 pm
I want to texture my walls before painting them something like this:

http://www.muralsfantastic.com/166cec730.jpg

but not quite so red.

any suggestions? links to images would be great.

TIA

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Posted by dadiOH on June 24, 2005, 10:52 am
Lorenzo il Magnifico wrote:
> I want to texture my walls before painting them something like
> this:
>
> http://www.muralsfantastic.com/166cec730.jpg
>
> but not quite so red.
>
> any suggestions? links to images would be great.

Suppose you texture your walls...any texture. Now you paint them. You
then have textured walls that are all *one* color, not with a variation
of color as in the photo. What you want to do to achieve that efffect
is to paint with *different* colors. Check Google for "faux paint".

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Posted by on June 26, 2005, 11:48 pm

On 26-Jun-2005, firenze_italia@hotmail.com (Lorenzo il Magnifico) wrote:

> > > I want to texture my walls before painting them something like
> > > this:
> > >
> > > http://www.muralsfantastic.com/166cec730.jpg
> > >

looks like a sand wash texture in that pic.
there's probably better quality but Behr has a variety of faux texture
paints. You can check out their site to get some ideas.
I don't know offhand who makes the best quality faux texture paint.

good luck
ml

Posted by dadiOH on June 27, 2005, 7:30 am
Lorenzo il Magnifico wrote:
>> Lorenzo il Magnifico wrote:
>>> I want to texture my walls before painting them something like
>>> this:
>>>
>>> http://www.muralsfantastic.com/166cec730.jpg
>>>
>>> but not quite so red.
>>>
>>> any suggestions? links to images would be great.
>>
>> Suppose you texture your walls...any texture. Now you paint them.
>> You then have textured walls that are all *one* color, not with a
>> variation of color as in the photo. What you want to do to achieve
>> that efffect is to paint with *different* colors. Check Google for
>> "faux paint".
>
> well no shit sherlock! yes, I will be using different colors
> but I am trying to figure out the most suitable
> texture pattern to lay down underneath the paint!
>
> any *helpful* suggestions appreciated


Drywall mud...
1. Rent a commercial unit and you can spray drywall mud as light to
heavy orange peel which can be knocked down.

2. Rent a hopper and use a small compressor and you can spray light
orange peel.

3. Trowel it on and you can use anything you want to create a texture.
Even your bare ass.

Texture paint...
1. Sand finish

2. Venetian plaster

3. Plain which can be textured with whatever you want. Even your bare
ass.

IOW, WTF is "suitable"?

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