Paint Products:

• Venetian Plaster

Brushes and Tools:

• ¾ “ Nap Roller
• Venetian Plaster Blades

Important: Golden Artist Colors provides these recipes as points of departure for exploring Golden products in faux finishing applications.

GOLDEN strongly recommends samples be created before attempting to apply these techniques to walls, some techniques will be difficult to remove or to cover at a later date.

Please contact the technical support team before application if there are concerns or questions at 1-800-959-6543.

Painting Instructions:

Step 1: Roller Application Use a roller to apply the Venetian Plaster, taking care to load the roller as evenly as possible. As a general guideline, cover only 3-5 square feet at a time. The area should be odd-shaped so that the next section will fit well with no straight lines in the middle of the application. Use the blade to smooth out any roller marks. Holding the blade at a 30-45 degree angle, lightly swipe across the plaster in a criss-cross or "X" pattern. Be careful not to scrape plaster off but allow modulation and light texture to remain.

Step 2: Roller Application When the first application has dried completely, the plaster will be lighter in color and will no longer feel moist. Use the same technique in Step 1 to apply a second layer, using the roller and blade to cover any areas of the base coat that may be seen peeking through.

Step 3: Burnishing When the second coat is completely dry, scrape the blade across the surface to knock off any ridges or deposited material that may have accumulated. Continuing to swipe the blade across the surface will bring up a Dry Burnish, or a gloss effect, to the Venetian Plaster.