Product Recipe

Monroe

Faux Effects® Products:

Basecoat: SetCoat® Neutral White
Palette Deco™ White
AquaWax®
LusterStone® Brown Suede, Antique Gray
MetalGlow® Catepillar Gold
Venetian Gem® White on White
SofTex®

Tools & Supplies:

Stainless Steel Trowel
Cheesecloth
Super 77 spray adhesive
Japan scraper
Loft 101 Stencil “Monroe”

Step 1. Basecoat surface and let dry.

Step 2. Apply White Palette Deco™ in vertical choppy strokes with a small steel scraper or the short end of a stainless steel trowel. Let sit for 5 minutes then compress with a japan scraper. Let dry.

Step 3. Mix Brown Suede LusterStone® and Aquawax™ together at a 1:1 ratio, then apply through the stencil openings to about 40-50% of the design. Make a separate mix of Aquawax™ with Antique Gray LusterStone® and a drop of Catepillar Gold MetalGlow®. Use this mix to apply to the rest of the design openings, overlapping the Brown Suede LusterStone® in some areas. Add a little of each of the mixes in very small sections to the wall surface vertically. Let dry 5 minutes then apply vertically to wall area (avoiding most of the stencil) with White on White Venetian Gem® breaking up the colored areas, and adding new areas of texture. Let dry.

Step 4. Add more White on White Venetian Gem® in choppy vertically strokes covering and skim coating over the stencil to cover a total of 90%. Let dry.

Step 5. Skim over the surface with the SofTex™ and leave a few higher areas if desired.

Finish Courtesy of: Sheri Zeman

Faux Design Studio, Inc.

Addison, IL

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