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Painting to Furniture Surface, Painted Finishes and special effects

Painting Rag rolling

This is considered a basic painting technique. The effect is achieved by lifting some of the topcoat of painting colour from the basecoat (usually a lighter shade such as cream or a pastel) with a scrunched-up rag which has been soaked in solvent. A random textured effect is created as the lighter painting basecoat is revealed beneath the darker painting topcoat. (more…)