Faux impressions offers a variety of speciality finishes to achieve the look you are after.
Paint for faux concrete wall.
Concrete masonry products.
In this video i demonstrate how i used a concrete finishing trowel and regular satin paint to create a concrete looking wall.
Apartment therapy has this cool technique to achieve this look.
It looks soft and contemporary i feel like it s abstract expressionism painted on the wall.
Create faux fabric effect.
There s no sponging this time out and drips and splatters add to the charm.
5 easy steps to create a faux concrete wall finish paint the wall with your medium grey paint and a block brush with arched brush strokes follow up with a wet cloth and soften and smooth the edges and strokes use a scrounged up wet cloth and dab on extra texture with an almost dry block brush add.
Magnetic and glow in the dark are two examples though i have heard mixed reviews on both of those types.
Photo by genevieve garruppo.
Glazing begins with nickel 2119 50 glaze 3 1 ratio to paint applied with a nine inch plaster blade and blurred in with a rag and the knifing aspect of this suggests venetian plaster or stucco.
One faux finish specialty paint we love and have used over and over again is chalkboard paint.
Paint a faux concrete wall finish.
This is a step by step on how to paint realistic faux concrete walls.
If you have kids and haven t given chalkboard faux finish paint a try you should seriously consider it.
It s all about the layers and you can do it simply by following this tutorial.
Faux painting involves applying different glazes to a wall in order to give it the look of a weathered textured surface.
Common faux paints include marble brick and wood.
The added texture far exceeds what any luxury paint color can achieve similar to the effect of.
The faux poured concrete finish on the walls of tali roth s apartment.
For a single 4 foot by 8 foot section each part can equal 1 4 cup prepare a large sponge by soaking it in water and wringing it out until it s moist but not dripping.
Interior paint coatings faux finishing faux finishing.
A common alternative to paint faux paint allows one to vary the consistency of a wall s color and texture while giving the illusion of having a much more expensive material.