How-to Apply Faux Glaze

Faux glazes can be used on interior walls in the living room, kitchen, bathrooms, hallways, bedrooms or other rooms to create a custom look in the home. A faux glaze is usually mixed with standard wall paint and causes the paint to dry at a slower rate. This gives the painter added time to create faux finishes on the surface that is being painted. Water-based or acrylic glazes are usually recommended since they put out less odor than oil-based glazes and are generally safer to use.

1 gallon paint
1 quart paint
1 gallon faux glaze
Paint roller
Paint tray
Bucket
Mixing stick
Sponges
Old towels

Instructions

- 1
  Purchase a light shade of paint for the base coat and a darker shade to mix with the faux glaze. Have the paint store mix up 1 gallon of the lighter shade paint and 1 quart of paint in the darker shade.
- 2
  Paint a coat of the lighter color onto all the walls you are painting, using the paint roller. Let the paint dry for a minimum of six hours or overnight if possible.
- 3
  Mix the quart of darker paint with the gallon of faux glaze in a bucket and stir with a mixing stick until blended well.
- 4
  Dip a sponge, preferably a sea sponge, into the paint-and-glaze mixture and dab it with an old towel to remove excess paint.
- 5
  Blot the wall with the sponge in random places all over the walls, reapplying paint to the sponge when needed, until all of the walls are covered in glaze.
- 6
  Wait for the paint to dry for a minimum of six hours or overnight if possible.

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