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Female: Coming up, we’ll transform this dining room into a dramatic entertaining space.
All you need are some special paints and key supplies and you, too, can have this look
in your home.
And here’s the products we’ll need: Two gallons of Aura Interior Paint, Standish White
in eggshell finish, two gallons of Aura Shelburne Buff in matte finish, one gallon of Studio
Finishes clear glaze extender, one gallon of regular clear glaze, a spray bottle, two
empty cans, an angled paintbrush, a floor staining brush, a chip brush, a wallpaper
smoother brush, gloves, stir sticks and blue painter’s tape.
Remember to consult with your local Benjamin Moore store to find out the amount of paint
you’ll need for your specific project
Bill Borman: Now, the finishes I’m choosing today are probably the most basic that you’ll
learn. You’ll see that I’ve painted the wall already Standish White in an eggshell
finish, and you notice that I have this chair rail and a strong baseboard, so I’m going
to combine two techniques today to really kind of kind of break this up and to give
the room a lot of drama. On top I’m going to do a tea stain finish and below we’re
going to do a simple striae.
Female: Bill has masked the trim with tape, and he’s ready to mix the glaze for the
striae technique. He’ll need to mix one part Shelburne Buff paint and one part Studio
Glaze Extender.
Bill Borman: The technique we’re using for the striae is actually quite simple, but I’m
going to show you ahead of time because once we start, we’re going to want to finish
the whole room at once. So the technique is to take an area of wall and to evenly mist
getting a fine layer of water. Take our damp towel, wipe everything down to make sure that
the area is evenly wet.
Female: Next, use an angled brush and apply the glaze to the wall evenly with vertical
strokes. Then use a chip brush to pull the glaze vertically from top to bottom and create lines.
Bill Borman: It’s important that the brush actually be held flat against the wall up
against the feral.
Female: Also, be sure to wipe the brush each time to remove the paint from the brush, making
the strokes more effective. As a last step for the striae, use the wallpaper smoothing
brush to vertically comb fine lines into the glaze. Repeat the combing as necessary to
produce fine, even lines. Once you’ve completed this step, let the paint dry for at least
24 hours.
Bill Borman: You can see that our striae is finished so for our next step we’re going
to do the tea stain on the top portion. Now our glaze mix is a little different and the
technique is different, and we’ll explain all that in a moment.
Female: For the tea stain effect, Bill is mixing one part Studio Finishes Clear Glaze
and one part Shelburne Buff.
Bill Borman: All right so our glaze is mixed and we’re ready to start the tea stain,
so our first step is we’re going to mist the wall evenly with our spray bottle. Then
we’re going to take a tiny amount of glaze and we’re just going to scrub the glaze
into the wall in a random fashion leaving light and then allowing the glaze to get heavy
in some areas. As a final step, we’re going to take the four-inch floor-standing brush,
we’re going to widely brush all of the brushstrokes out.
Female: So to recap the tea stain technique, first water mist the area thoroughly. Then
using the angled brush with the small amount of glaze mix, scrub the mix into the wall
in a random fashion, lighter in some areas and heavier in others. As a final step, use
the floor staining brush to evenly brush the glaze mix out. Remember, you want the wall
to have an aged look and this is achieved by glossing over the earlier brushstrokes.
Once you’re done, be sure to let it dry before moving the furniture back.
The finished striae and tea stain techniques give us the rich visual textures we wanted,
a subtle Tuscan glow that you’ll be sure to enjoy for years to come.