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How to Wash Color on Walls

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• Photo 3

Colour washing literally washes your walls with color. It's a quick and easy technique that creates a soft, watercolor-like effect-and it works perfectly with any of our products.

For best results, use a latex, eggshell finish basecoat. Work lightly, because your wash will darken as it dries. Practice on a board first-and don't change rags in the middle of a wall.
Step 1: Collect Supplies

• 2 1/2" natural bristle brush
• Cotton t-shirt or rag (white)
• 1" blue painters tape for trim

Step 2: Wash The Walls


1. Using the brush, apply a large X of the color wash on the wall, about 10" (25 cm) across (Photo 1).
2. As though you're washing a window, use a rag to rub in the X, "washing" evenly to prevent dark lines of colorwash from forming at the edges of your ragging (Photo 2).
3. Apply more colorwash X's and rub in the paint in random patterns. Think jigsaw puzzle, and avoid consistent up and down or side to side application, which could result in a noticeable pattern (Photo 3).
4. Take excess paint off the brush with the rag and stipple carefully into the corners with the brush.