Hi there it's Rosanne here from Country
Chic Paint. Today I'm going to show you
how to create a faux concrete or cement
finish by layering paint glazing and
textures. Stay tuned to see how you can
replicate this look!
I always love finding new ways to get
creative with paint and making faux
finishes on furniture can be so much fun
Today I'll be using the following
supplies we have a few colors of our
All-in-One furniture paint; we have Lazy
Linen, Rocky Mountain, Simplicity, and Pebble
Beach. We will also be using our Texture
Powder as well as our Clear Glaze
In addition I'm going to use some stir sticks, a
putty knife, a paintbrush, as well as a lint-free
rag. Before you get started make sure
your piece is nice and clean with
no contaminants on it. The first thing I
want to do is create a base layer of
texture so I'm going to mix some of the
Lazy Linen with Texture Powder in
approximately a one-to-one ratio. There's
no need to be completely exact so you
can just eyeball this
Now I'm just gonna mix it up and stir it
until it's all blended well together
Now I'm going to use a putty knife to
apply the textured paint all over this surface
Okay so what you want to do is create a
little bit of texture here so you don't
want to have it completely smooth. What
you can do is let it tack up for
about 15 minutes and then go over it
again with your putty knife to create
even more texture. After you've had it sit
for a little while you can take your
putty knife and drag it across your
project again to add a bit more texture
When you're happy with how the
texture looks you want to leave it to dry
for probably at least 12 hours depending
on how thick your layer was. To speed up the
process I had prepared this board and
this is now completely dry
So what I'm going to do next is apply
some different paint colors to create
more variation in color. I'm going to
apply some Rocky Mountain as well as
some Simplicity in little sections on my
board here and I'm going to use the
putty knife again. You will always want to
make sure you stir your paint well and
you don't want this to look perfect you're
going for very random splotches of paint
Next I'm going to open up the Rocky
Mountain. I'm going to apply that with my
stir stick
randomly as well and then I'm just going
to use my putty knife again
to create a random kind of textured color
variation here. So I'm going to leave
this to dry now before moving on to the
next step
So once you've let this part dry for
about one to two hours you're ready to
move on to glazing which is the really
fun part. To prepare for the glazing
aspect I already prepared three
different colors of glaze simply by taking
our Clear Glaze and then mixing
it up with Pebble Beach, Lazy Linen and
Rocky Mountain in a four-part glaze to
one part paint ratio. By using different
glaze colors we can create a lot of
depth to this look. The first layer
glaze that I'm going to apply is the
Pebble Beach glaze. So what you're going to
do is just apply one coat of glaze with
a paintbrush and then gently wipe away
the excess with a damp rag
So you want to repeat the glazing
process with all three colors. You want
to make sure that the glaze has enough
time to completely dry before you do the
next color
otherwise the colors will just all
blend in together. So this Pebble Beach
glaze is now dry so we're going to take
our Rocky Mountain glaze and do the same
thing. We just apply it with a brush and
we're just going to wipe it away with a
damp rag
Now to tie it all in together I'll finish with
one coat of Lazy Linen glaze
If you're not completely happy with the
color when you're finished you can
always add another layer or two of
glaze and just play around with it
until you're happy with how it looks
So that's all there is to it!
Here's an example of what it looks like
on top of this stool. This type of finish
would be great to use on the base of a
lamp, on flower pots, on candlesticks, or
even the top of a dresser. Make sure to
share pictures of your projects with us
on our Facebook Page or on Instagram
as I would love to see what you create
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