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Imatation Smaltz???? Whadaya think?

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joe cieslowski
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Imatation Smaltz???? Whadaya think?

Post by joe cieslowski »

I discoverd this stipple effect this winter when I heated primed HDU (it was heated cause I was cold and I had a celing mounted quartz heater over the bench) and rolled on my laytex paint. I thought it gave the surface a smaltz look.

I'm selling it as a "Bright Texture " finish. Customers seem to like it.

Any thoughts or opinions welcome.

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Joe
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Kent Smith
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Re: Imatation Smaltz???? Whadaya think?

Post by Kent Smith »

Texture yes.

Sand Smaltz maybe.

Glass Smaltz not even close.
Frank Smith
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Re: Imatation Smaltz???? Whadaya think?

Post by Frank Smith »

I like it. I rarely roll paint on, but usually brush it, often quite thick. You might also offer a "Florentine Swirl" paint texture. The secret, if any, is to be uniformly random in the swirls; it comes easily to me, the hand/wrist motions being similar to painting or sketching other random but repetitive patterns.

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