How To Distress Concrete Walls

Dip the cloth in a tinted faux finish glaze and wring it out once again.

How to distress concrete walls.

I m using some of my own cast concrete pieces like the critter and the hands. Very quick easy and cheap. A few years ago i wrote about a distressed glazing technique which has a distressed feel to it a way we developed to add visual texture to your walls that doesn t like a stock rag rolling. First and foremost we have to removed the cracked surface concrete and study the quality of existing steel if we found the area of steel was drastically got reduced due to rusting then we have to provide extra steel by anchoring it to the concrete with the help of anchoring grout but before anchoring we should clean the existing steel with the help of sand paper and remove the rust completely then with the help of paint brush apply zinc rich primer zrp allow it to dry for an hour.

Grab a squirt bottle and any old paint you have laying aro. Brick marble and concrete also look great with shiplap especially if you want to break up large sections of stone with warm paneling. Distress and then wax with brown antiquing wax or stain and rub off immediately and seal with poly. The look is both soft and contemporary works well in urban environments and is still livable.

Mike day everything about concrete 2 031 087 views 27 12 use epoxy to coat existing countertops to make them look like real stone step by step explained duration. Courtesy of bridgewater builders. I used the harris 2 50mm flat brush for the bulk of the work. Tutorial on how we age and distress walls at sweet dreams scare house.

I would use a different color blue but i still really like this. How to antique concrete to look aged. Here we take this process one step further. Proper design and detailing in most cases could have reduced the distress to acceptable levels or eliminated it completely.

One common cause of distress is stress cracking of masonry elements caused by the absence or improper spacing of movement joints. It s unique every time and in this example we re. For more modern styles combine a shiplap wall with stone or faux stone. Paint gold on piece first and then dry brush turquoise over vaseline as a resist.

Twist the cloth to create a long uneven tube and roll the cloth along the. As above step 2. Protective polyester dust sheet for your floor one sanding block ideally fine one to smooth out the plaster pva glue and water to dilute one bucket or container. Then 25mm round brush for the.

Concrete is very porous and will suck in any paint.