Have you ever decorated your walls using the 'rag roll' technique?

Question

If so do you have any tips or hints?

Answer 1

I am a professional faux finisher:
Simple rules for best results:
1) Don't use sponges. Sponging always looks nasty
2) Paint the walls a lighter color than the finish coat ("Glaze")
3) Don't have too much contrast between top coat (Glaze) and under-coat (paint) [For instance, navy blue glaze on white walls looks awful]
4) Glaze is a mixture of commercial glazing liquid (50 - 75%) to paint (50 - 25%) The less paint in the mix, the more interesting it will look
5) If you're holding the rags as a glaze-removing tool in your hand, apply only a square yard of glaze at a time, then blot it off with the rags, before moving on to a new square yard of wet glaze.
Personal note: More than one color on one color is best left to professionals. This technique can go bad easily, so get lighter handed rather than heavy handed.
Have fun
Clarkie, Decorative Painter

Answer 2

I somewhat agree with clarkie, however he is speaking only of the ragging off technique. I really prefer the look of ragging on the glaze. In this technique you would paint your basecoat then use the rag to put on the glaze wadding the rag and rolling and dabbing it on to the wall. I think this gives a much softer look when finished. It is messy however. You will want lots of rubber gloves. I agree you don't want the glazing color to be more than two shades lighter or darker than the base color. Also sponges do work well if it is a good sea sponge and you give your wrist a nice twist to mute the design..I also do professional faux finishing. Either technique is fairly easy and can be fixed easily if you get a little to heavy on the glaze just rag back on some of the base paint. Have fun!

Answer 3

my aunt and i did my room in a rag rolling technique and here's what we did....
i was looking for a sort of 'antique' look so we dilluted the paint with about a cup of water for 3 cups paint. we put that mixture into a bottle with a squirt nozzle and also had some out in a painting tray and used a good quality brush for it. first we would paint a strip on the wall, then use the rag roller to actually just spread out the color. we also had an old cotton t shirt that we dabbed and smeared the paint with. after we finished a wall we went back with the squirt bottle and sprayed a small area and smeared it with the t shirt to help get that water stained antique effect. it took almost the entire day, but was FOR SURE worth it. my room looks AMAZING now. good luck with your project!

Answer 4

no i have not