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; Floetrol helps to prevent the mix-
ture from drying too fast.)

* You will also need a variety of
flannel rags and one of Purdy's
four-inch brushes for latex. And of
course you wil} want to cover the
floor. with sheets of plastic.

/ Now, according to Rumi, you
» usé the brush to “lay amorphous
. Shapes” of color onto
the wall, a few ata
time. four to five feet
apart (irregular and
‘roughly the size of a
basketball). Then,
with a flannel rag,
Start rubbing away
‘from the edges until
‘you have gradations
of color from dark to:
‘light which blend
smoothly, without
brush marks or
» Streaks.

Choose color coinbinations tha
* appeal to you, remembering to
., apply the lightest color first, then

-* going to the darker ones. For the
-sun-touched yellow effect you
- would start with creamy white
.. primer coat, then apply butternut
yellow and, to finish off, wipe on a
“tea stain” — a thin wash of dilut-

Walls in-kitchens or bathrooms
should be sealed: with a mixture of
one part latex urethane to one part
water, applied with a roller.

The “stone finish” is ideal to

give walls and furniture the appear-_

ance of a rock formation, unevenly
textured, in a subule blend of col-
ors.

Prepare the wall or piece of fur-
niture with a plaster and mud com-

66 Finished wall surfaces ... have that
old and faded look that would provoke
some to install new drywall and
inspire others to spend many hours:
trying to achieve the effect .

pound, made up of nine parts mud
mixed with one part white carpen-

_ter’s glue.’

The secret in trowelling this
mixture onto walls is to avoid tool
line edges which are easily left by

the trowel. These have to be sanded

out when the wall is dry.
When you are satisfied with the

fock-like and uneven texture, apply

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acrylic in an eggshell finish,
Following the basic glaze:

recipe, thoroughly mix one part of

blue-grey latex, one part water, and

-one part of Benjamin Moore's

Floetrol. Apply the above men-
tioned “amorphous shapes” in blue-
grey latex with the Purdy’s brush
and use flannel rags to rub away.
from the edges. The second coat is
an ochre-cclored stain,
_ applied with flannel
-tags. When the wall is
completely dry, it is .
ready for the final
touch: a mere dusting
of flat white. This is
done with a brush
dipped in white paint
and wiped off until

99 very littie of the paint

is teft on the brush.
Use a fight hand to

distribute the dusting of

white.:To achieve the
unew venly colored stone effect, be
sure not to overwork — traces of
each layer should remain to create.
a sense of depth.

Words are a great medium of
expression; but they cannot beat a
demonstration.

Rumi plans a paint workshop’;
for this fall. Please call her at 691-

0689 for more information. ;

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