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Faux plaster walls

The TVClubHouse: General Discussions ARCHIVES: 2004 Nov. - 2005 Jan.: Home and Garden (ARCHIVES): Faux plaster walls users admin

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Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone have any experience with creating faux plaster walls? I have found directions online using joint compound, paint and a darker paint mixed with glaze. It sounds easy, but I don't want to be too optimistic and then make a mess of it. I am trying it in our front hallway, which is good because it is the smallest room, but could be bad because it's the first room anyone sees, lol.

I have cleaned the walls with TSP and am going to paint the baseboards and doors/doorways tonight so I can put the blue tape on them tomorrow and start "palstering" the compound on the walls. I think it will be easier than trying to put blue tape on the compounded walls and paint the baseboards later.

I have taken some "before" photos, and will do "after" photos if there is something worth photographing. :-)

Any ideas or suggestions will be appreciated!!!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, January 07, 2005 - 10:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is in maintenance mode right now, but maybe in a few hours it will be up...

forum.doityourself.com/archive/index.php/t-190016.html

Ddr
Member

08-19-2001

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 4:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Cathie, get several small panels and practice your technique before you start on your walls. That's the best advice anyone ever gave me. Good Luck!

Skootz
Member

07-23-2003

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 6:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I would do what Ddr said about trying it out on panels before you start. Also remember, it is just paint and you can always repaint it if it doesn't turn out they way you wanted.

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 12:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the link, Julieboo. The site is back up now and I was able to read about their technique. And, thanks for the advice about a practice panel--I'm on my way to the garage to search for some scraps of plywood...

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whew! I am about 1/3 of the way through putting the compound on the walls and I am pooped. Taking a quick break--it has to be quick or I'll never get up, lol. The compound is heavier than I thought it would be, and just filling and lifting the trowel is beginning to be a chore. It does look GOOD, though. That's what is keeping me going, it looks like it will really be worth the effort (which I will keep repeating to myself, over and over...) :-)

This is the site I used for my instructions:
http://www.diynet.com/diy/cda/article_print/1,1983,DIY_14109_2269736_ARTICLE-DETAIL-PRINT,00.html

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 5:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am wanting to do this when I redo my kitchen!

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I ran out of compound with about 24 sq. feet left to do, so I get a break until tomorrow. I had a 5 gallon (61 pound!) bucket of compound and thought that would be more than enough. Now I will have a lot left over from the next bucket, but at least the compound is cheap, under $10 for the big bucket.

Texannie, I want to do my kitchen, too, but I don't think it will be as soon as I planned. I figure this is something like childbirth, right now I think "never again!" but in a week or so I'll be ready to consider the possibility.

Oh, my husband tells me it doesn't look like a plaster wall, it looks like a stucco wall. I told him that it is exactly the effect I as going for so I guess I wanted a stucco wall, lol.