How to make imitation of stone

How to make imitation of stone

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If to you to liking rustic style, it is not obligatory to revet walls with natural stone at all. It is possible simply and without special expenses to create imitation of stone, for example, of sandstone. The effect will be amazing.

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Instruction

1. Execute wall marking, having accurately limited working surface. In the area of marking paste painting tape.

2. Well stir putty: it has to turn out pastelike. Then by means of trowel apply putty with even layer on wall (approximately the layer has to be in half-centimeter) and accurately level it.

3. Make horizontal seams, using for this purpose the construction level or rails. It is simple to calculate interval between seams of the imitated stone: it corresponds to trowel width.

4. Short side of the smoothing hammer make vertical joints. For this purpose arrange trowel obliquely in relation to wall and accurately press into the soft (not dried up) putty layer.

5. For simulating of texture of natural stone use sponge: as a result of the carried-out heavy blotting traffics, putty will take exterior, similar to stone surface.

6. In addition circle all seams with pencil. Do not do seams ideally equal: it will create feeling of not realness, seams at laying of natural stone turn out not absolutely equal.

7. Tear off painting tape from wall.

8. When putty dries up, paint surface acrylic azure color light oak and let's dry up. Then put the second coat of paint (white acrylic-glaze) and partially erase it. After that thin brush paint over seams light gray paint. Let's your creativity dry up.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team

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