How To - Fresco
If you love a mottled, parchment look, here's an easy way to achieve it. Follow our simple instructions and create your own Stroke of Brilliance!  
11 Easy Steps:

1. Paint the wall with a base coat of Benjamin Moore's Regal Aquapearl #967 and leave it to dry at least 12 hours.

2. Pour six parts ( count slowly to six ) of Benjamin Moore's Aqua Glaze into a paint tray.

3. In the right corner of the tray, add two parts of colour #1066 ( Regal AquaVelvet).

4. Pour two parts of colour #1070 (Regal AquaVelvet) into the left hand corner of the same tray.

5. Carefully stir in the left corner with a stir stick, mixing the paint with the glaze; then the right corner, taking care not to let the two colours mix together.

 

6. Load a 10mm nap roller in the paint tray, as you would for normal painting. Always re-load the rolloer the same way - keeping the light end of the roller with the light paint paint mix, and the dark end with the dark paint mix.

7. Roll the paint randomly on the wall - left, right, up, down - until the parchment affect is achieved.

8. If harsh lines appear, use a cheese cloth to blend them away.

8. Use a 1 1/2 or 2" angular sash paint brush to get into corners and along moulding and baseboards.

10. When paint tray is empty, re-mix the paint following steps 2-5.

11. Allow approxiamtely twelve hours for the wall surface to dry completely.

   
   
 
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