What colors should I use for the Old World Parchment Faux Finish technique?

What colors should I use for the Old World Parchment?

Hi Sandra,

First, I would like to thank you for your response and for helping me pick out the colors. I received the Kit last week and now I'm actually painting on the base coat. I watched the DVD. and I have one question for ya.

I'm painting the walls in Eggshell. The paint i bought is flat. Did I need to by the semi gloss??? i thought the glossy would make it tacky, but i noticed in the DVD u mention there are 3 types of paint.

I'm headed to Walmart to get the colors u suggested this weekend:

Color 96224 Woodland Oak for golden brown color

Color H27 formula is b-y24, c-16, f-19, kx-16 in case that is not a Color Place chip for the Burnt Umber Color

Should these be a bit glossy??? I dunno. I'm afraid to screw it all up. lastly, i noticed since you use glaze to paint your walls, you're able to wipe the paint off immediately if you feel you've made a mistake. Would i be able to do the same with these two colors??? or since its latex no can do.

or is glaze and Walmart just does the mixing for you????

sorry for asking so many questions. I promise to email the pictures of the final result.

thanks,

Sophia A. Idrissi

No problem Sophia,

You can never ask too many questions. When you add glaze to any paint, acrylic or latex, it makes it stay wet longer. So you have time to wipe off if you don't like what you see. Remember that it will dry a little darker than when it is wet. Walmart will mix the latex - you only need a quart of each. But you have to mix your own glaze. Lowe's mixes glazes for you but I think you would have to buy a gallon of each because the glaze is already mixed in. Maybe take a paint chip from Walmart and visit them to see. Home Depot also mixes glazes but for either store, I cannot say I have tried their glaze. As I said, I used Floetrol for my glaze. Walmart does not mix glaze. The reason I mix my own is cause I can always add more paint if it's too light. If you get it pre-mixed, you're stuck or have to buy another. As for the paint to use with the glaze, it doesn't matter but I always use satin cause then I could use the paint on another project. Oh and the burnt umber is KILZ Casual Colors in Walmart. the color is called H27. The colors will look dark to you but keep in mind that when you add the glaze and pounce it with the poofy pad, the colors will look a whole light lighter. Let me know how it goes. Please remember to practice on a few boards first till you get the darkness and style you want. You can never practice enough. I am faux painting vinyl tile in my family room and I have done 2 boards so far and am going to adjust one of them.

God bless,

Sandy

Hey Sandy,

The walls are absolutely marvelous. I can't believe how they came out. You are going to be shocked. It's absolutely beautiful. I love it so much, I walk around the living greeting each vain added. I have names for them too. I wanted this my whole life. I love it!

Pictures coming soon. I will e-mail you so you can see. I have other ideas for the hallway. I'm going to attempt to make the brick faux effect. I can't wait. but I just wanted to let you know, I'm your biggest fan.

I didn't have much problems. I did it with my bf. i had the small poofy.. while he had the large. we rocked out. real fast. At least we thought it was fast. it took the whole day. but we blended like crazy. then went back and put in the dark hues.. later we used the dark hues to give us direction on where to put the vains. the walls were talking to us. it was so easy. the coloring just fell into place. some walls came out lighter.. then we went back and added the dark hues.. and once we did that the rest is history.

Hopefully, my friends love it so much- they'll bring some business over to you!

Speak to ya soon.

Sophia Assaad-Idrissi