64 — Friday, June 5, 1998 — North Shore News TAKE your faux finishing further ... using a body sponge and a | Off with a spe Photo Benjamin Moore new technique called “twisting,” you can create a soft, sensual look, perfect for intimate spaces such as the bathroom. BAY CITY REALTY INC. “New Home Specialists” 986-43 71 #10-1199 LYNN VALLEY RD., N. VAN. WE Ds is g Three BR Spacious garden townhomes: {AT LYNN VALLEY CENTRE) - From $289,900! ¢ City views, open courtyard, private patios Big plans with extra storage & parking CANYON HTS. LET'S DEAL! Back on the market - 4 big BR up, open plan, vaulted ceilings, totally finished down (suite?)... add a landscaped, low maintenance yard & you'll find our BEST BUY! isting New glazing medium MANY of the innovative painting techniques that designers and do-it- yourselfers enjoy so much these days depend on a glazing medium for their effect. Ragged, smooshed, bagged, stippled and striped effects are achieved by overpainting with a semitransparent top coat which typically consists ata quality wall paint diluted in five or sin times its volume of colorless glaze. A new glazing medium from Benjamin Moore, AquaGhie, enables even beginners to achieve stunning effects. AanaGlaze iy superior in three ways: it comes in a throwaway recy cable container which simplifies the mixing 8; it stays Workable for longer, se that cic nter need never tect rushed; and it cleans ap easily with warm soapy water. While trving out new AquaGlaze, Beajamin Moore fauv finish artist Sharon Grech devel- oped a new paint technique which she liked so much she used ir in her bathroom makeever. Her name for the technigue is Twisting, and the effect is soft and sensual, almost veleery — ct for imlimate spaces, he ABC's of Twisting: ‘he only specsal tool needed is the most important one -— a fine-grained body spor natural or synthetic.” says Sharon. “You ll tind them in toiletry and body care stores. “First, we rolled on a base coat of Regal AquaPearl in a polished gold color. We gave it a good 32 hours to dry, then got ready to Twist. “We wanted a slight contrast berveen the base coat and the transparent top coat, so we selected a rusty orange shade of the same type of paint. Next caine the interesting part. We poured paint and Aqua into the mixing container in the proportion of six parts glaze to one part paint, then shook and stirred it until easier to use at hame the paint was evenly dispersed. Each size of AquaGlaze comes with its own container, which saves a lot of messy pouring. “The glaze mixture was rolled ontosthe wall, one three: toot wide vertical section at a ume. Once it’s on the wall AquaGlaze stays workable for 15 minutes or so, and it woult be a mistake to cover an area too Jarge to Twist. Take the sponge and dab it oate the wer sur- face, removing some of the glaze each time, A slight owise of the wrist will give the right ¢ ea, except for a six h you will roll ba vet. “Work over rhe entire inch wide vertical edge w into as vou apply the next section, This “wer edge” approach avoids che “seam lines” which can become apparent when paint coats overlap. “It’s impartant to-olan the application of the glaze coat. First wy it out on a piece of board, so vou can see how vour glaze and base coats will work together. “Then mix enough glaze to do the entire job, i¢°s not easy to make a second batch exact- lv the same as the first. Asa rele of thumb, one tre of paint will cover 100- square feet of wall, “And giv interruptions. ourself lors of time, with no unselfa helper, if you can ¢ the other Fwists. One stage Of the project that is guaranteed to go smoothly with AquaGlaze is clean-up; warm soapy water will clean up sponges, brushes, rollers, spots and spills — and you and vour fel- low workers, tool” , AquaGlaze comes in three sizes: 725 mi, which will hold enough paint to cover $5 fin- ear feet of wall; 1.45 litres, which will cover twice as much, and 2.9 litres, which will cover the walls of a normal sized room. The nwo smaller sizes come in wide-lipped mix liners in see-through recyclable plastic; the largest size has a metal container.” a " #10-1199 LYNN VALLEY ROAD NORTH VANCOUVER (AT LYNN VALLEY CENTRE) ‘986-4371 COZY & COMFORTABLE... Private, parklike yard, 4 BA up, great quality throughout... how about a little extra accommodation down? Trades? Fine ncing? Please call me. COTTAGE - BELOW ASSESS. Who is missing out here? Cozy contemporary it's not, but a little elbow grease will bring: this modest 4 &8R home back to ail it's 1930's charm, Hey, give me a look! 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