Painting Walls with Glazes

Posted by Peter Brady on Thu 14th September 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Decor

With some practice, glazes can add a wonderful decorative change to your walls.

For those of you who don’t know what a glaze is - it’s defined as “thin, almost transparent film of oil based colour usually diluted with white spirit.” You usually have to work fast because drying times are fairly rapid for most glaze products.

Glazes can be used with wall surfaces using a diluted oil based paint over an undercoat or eggshell.  You can then use techniques such as ragging, dragging, sponging, and stippling. It is important that any imperfections in the wall are dealt with before you embark on your glaze otherwise these will become highlighted. Also, it is important never to glaze over a gloss finish - why? Because the glaze won’t stick to the wall.

It is also possible to buy transparent oil based glaze known as scumble which comes in a variety of brown shades.

Usually as a rule of thumb - 2 1/2 litre tin of glaze can cover 12ft by 12ft by 10ft room.

If you wish to give the glaze tints then you can add just about any stain you want.

There are a variety of brushes used for stippling and dragging, most of which are pretty pricey - so it’s important that you ensure that they are properly cleaned afterwards.

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