RE: colour stains
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- Subject: RE: colour stains
- From: V* M*
- Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 18:19:09 -0800
- Importance: Normal
That sounds terrific - wish I had a suitable wall I could try that on!
Valerie, South Yorkshire, England.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com
[o*@mallorn.com]On Behalf Of Carrie Thomas-CR
Sent: 29 January 2000 12:43
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: colour stains
I thought that I'd develop the strand about colour stains and share what I
have
recently done with an ugly wall which I have lots of plants in pots in front
of,
and on, mainly in terracotta pots.
I needed to paint the wall and decided that a very pale terracotta would be
good. However, on painting it it seemed blazingly bright for my
cottage-garden
style of planting, and likely to detract rather than set off my pots and
plants.
I'm sure it would do better under bright summer sun, but in wintertime it
looks
too 'obvious'.
I'd already decided what to do, when my neighbour offered consolation:
"it'll
look better in a few years when algae etc will have softened it" she said
(it
already has moss on it as I very carefully painted around what was there
(!))
Unfortunately, to get the colour I wanted I'd had to buy the best quality
paint...guaranteed 15 yrs...including against algae!
My neighbour was rather disconcerted when I told her of my plan......to
paint on
algae to make it look weathered!
I bought 2 small paint testers in green (70p = $1 each), and dry brushed
onto
the wall, tending to brush more into crevices, at ground level and at wall
junctions, first the darker colour then the next. The paint used amounted to
3-4
teaspoons over a 5' high, 30' wall, ie very very dry brushing. (Places
where I
'overloaded' the brush were treated by brushing on water and rubbing off
with a
dry rag...even better finish!).
Results: at least 2-years worth of ageing (of wall), a happier person (me),
and
a husband who can't quite believe what I've done!!!
-Carrie-
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