Adding Texture To Walls
You can also use paint rollers to change the texture of your wall. Use water to thin the dry-wall compound to the consistency of pancake batter. Then roll the compound onto the wall with a regular or textured paint roller (figure C). You can use ... [... more]
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Textured Paint
Cindy Piccoli creates a sand-textured look for walls and ceilings to add interest and hide blemishes. This technique can be used on an entire wall, or just on the top half in combination with a chair rail. Instead of ... [... more]
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Finishes: How The Pros Paint
Paint can be applied to the primed drywall, but there's the option of putting texture on the walls before you paint. One popular wall finish is done with a textured paint called orange peel (figure C). The advantage of the orange peel is that it ... [... more]
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Old World, Eclectic Living Room
Host Susan Blake and designer Matt McKinley turn a bachelor pad into an eclectic, Old World-style living space using textured paint on the walls, traditional furniture, accent pillows and Old World accessories. [... more]
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Frustrating Foyer
The DIY to the Rescue crew travels to Tennessee and the home of DeeAnn and Bill Bower. DeeAnn has tried several times to update her front foyer, to no avail. From sand textured paint on the walls to an ugly, unfinished floor...her foyer is crying ... [... more]
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Speckled Paint Finish
A textured, speckled paint finish used to be available only with spray paint kit . A thick, textured paint in six colors is now available in cans. Sherry Hiller paints a boy's room using three shades of the textured ... [... more]
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Textured Dresser
Use a paintbrush to apply the textured paint (figure B). Work on small sections and overlap areas to create depth. Be careful not to coat too heavily. The paint will chip off after drying if it is applied too heavily ... [... more]
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Krylon Paper Finishes that Add Texture 3 oz. buckskin ...
 It's easy to combine Krylon colors and textures for dramatic and unique effects. Dimensional designs and accents jump off the page with sandy textures, webbed effects, and more. Convenient 3 oz. cans. Webbing Spray--Match Webbing Spray to the mood of ... [... more]
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Textured Paint For Stairs
Home repair expert Henry Harrison helps a guest apply a textured, non-slip coating to the slippery front steps of a beach house. On his elbow grease scale of one to four, Harrison gives this job a one. ... [... more]
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Decorative Frames
To re-create the frame envisioned by Carol's prop master, first paint the frame with sand-colored textured paint. After cutting 1/2" thick Styrofoam® into many small bricks, paint each one with granite paint. Carol suggests using brick-colored .. ... [... more]
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Hand-Carved Duck Decoy, Part 2
For the textured paint base-coat, Tom uses an acrylic-polymer emulsive paint. When dry, this paint is 100 percent waterproof. He begins by mixing the colors needed to create the grey color of the lower feathers to the texture base. He applies the ... [... more]
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Celestron 52251 Ultima 80ED Zoom Spotting Scope
Celestron's Ultima 80ED spotting scope is a high performance model that features cutting edge optics with extra low dispersion glass (ED). ED glass provides excellent color correction and razor sharp images for serious nature and bird watchers. ED ... [... more]
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