How To Paint Sheet Metal Wall Faux

A metallic faux finish can give a room the look of brushed metal creating the rustic look of hand formed metal or an ultramodern appearance depending on your furniture and appliances follow the simple instructions below to successfully create a metallic faux finish on any wall.

How to paint sheet metal wall faux.

I recently saw this faux galvanized metal tutorial on curb to refurb and decided to try something similar. Start by priming with 2 coats of a spray primer. Roll the glaze onto the wall work on one manageable section at a time and brush around the corners working out 3 or 4 feet onto the wall. Here s a list of what you ll need to follow my faux metal paint technique.

To contain the spray i placed the wood pieces in a box. Only the front of each piece got the patina spray. Dixie belle green patina and dixie belle blue patina sprays as sent. Roll up and down several times to spread the glaze out leaving a thin even coat.

Cover the area in silver paint completely including sides with the 1 2 brush. I had annie. You start a faux finish with a base coat of a dixie belle chalk paint in any shade you d like. Paint a faux concrete wall finish.

Lightly fill a 3 8 nap roller and roll the wall space from ceiling to floor. Apartment therapy has this cool technique to achieve this look. I liked the spray for this because it doesn t get the paper mache too wet. A metallic silver paint a creamy white paint and a black paint.

This is the kind i used metallic silver. Then apply 1 coat of the metal paint and let that dry. Loving this distressed look. I put a few different colors of paint on a paper plate.

Spray the item with any kind of shiny silver metal spray. First you paint another coat of the copper metallic paint and then immediately spray on the patina solution. Then dab the 1 4 brush in black then in copper without mixing the paint too much and dab it in random areas. You could probably used the hammered type too just make sure it has some shine to it.

Once they are dry get a small paint brush like the medium sized one here paint brushes. Spray clear coat for sealer. It looks soft and contemporary i feel like it s abstract expressionism painted on the wall. Then you apply a second coat of the metal paint and spray on the patina while that 2nd coat is still wet.