Looking for expert advice on sponging the walls of my young daughter's bedroom.
What type of sponge, and paint, is recommended?
Browse Forums Finishing Touch Re: Sponging Techniques?! 5Dec 02, 2007 2:12 pm DeeElle We used a Porter's Paint lime wash in our last house and it was lovely. It is a bit labour intensive and expensive as you have to apply 2 coats and cant paint on a warm or cold day as the lime won't 'bloom'. But after trying many many different paint applications this was a great look. Dulux has a number of different paint effects which look great and we will be using them in our new house. Sorry to say DL, but recently I had a negative experience with a lime wash affect paint job... A customer of mine had spent the last year renovating a $5 mill> mansion in Cottesloe. She has many works of art that she had stored ready to mount throughout. After the painting, she had me in to clean all her carpets and upholstery. I was unaware of the lime-wash affect on the walls. During the job, I had accidentally made some grubby marks on the walls with my vacuum hoses. I used a mild cleaner and a cotton towel to wipe the marks off, and The lime wash affect just wiped right off like dust, and left an ugly brown ring around where I cleaned it. When the customer came back, I spoke to her about it, and she was totally understanding. She then showed me dozens of marks all over the place where she had had paintings mounted, people had leaned against the walls and whatever else. She said that she had made a mistake choosing it, and she will probably have the painter change it. She actually said I'd done her a favour by showing her how easily it came off! So, the affect may be attractive, but avoid it anywhere that may have body contact. Ash. Re: Sponging Techniques?! 6Dec 02, 2007 2:35 pm I have to say…..I am NOT a fan of effects in any form in paint work.
They date….nothing dates faster than effects painting! You want to make a statement…….do it with a solid strong colour! I put a Sand Wash in my girlfriends place (porters) 10 years ago, the painter did the effect wrong…..(he was supposed to Crows Foot the effect) so the finished product look nothing more than a painted wall, which they paid a lot of money for. She is now looking to re-paint. I haven’t had the heart to tell her that they will need to sand the WHOLE wall back to apply the new colour. This wall is 15 ft hight……and probably 25 ft long…….ouch! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Sponging Techniques?! 7Dec 02, 2007 2:46 pm Agreed, I'm not too excited about most affects.
I recall a cottage that my m-i-law used to live in though.... She was an artist, and bought the cottage with an art studio out the front. I loved a wall in her living room. It was painted a solid 'bubblegum' colour, but the wall was a very roughly hand rendered surface. It literally looked like an brightly coloured icing had been troweled all over the wall. Sensational! Re: Sponging Techniques?! 8Dec 02, 2007 2:54 pm Your right Ash!
While effects can be outdated treatments to a wall can work miracles! Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Sponging Techniques?! 9Dec 03, 2007 10:31 pm royalblue A customer of mine had spent the last year renovating a $5 mill> mansion in Cottesloe. She has many works of art that she had stored ready to mount throughout. After the painting, she had me in to clean all her carpets and upholstery. I was unaware of the lime-wash affect on the walls. During the job, I had accidentally made some grubby marks on the walls with my vacuum hoses. I used a mild cleaner and a cotton towel to wipe the marks off, and The lime wash affect just wiped right off like dust, and left an ugly brown ring around where I cleaned it. So, the affect may be attractive, but avoid it anywhere that may have body contact. Ash. grrrross We didn't have too much trouble with our lime wash walls ... we even washed my daughter's lovely texta 'cave paintings' off the walls with heavy duty cleaner. On the other hand it was an old house and maybe the paint sank into thirsty walls. Dunno... but I'd be pretty annoyed if it rubbed off or was hard to wash There are so many lovely colours I don't imagine that paint effects offer a huge advantage (unless you are rendering external walls ... which is the filthiest job I have been talked into doing). NB: 40 degree temperatures + dulux texturecoat = disaster. |