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Have you always wanted to spruce up your home's interiors, but were confused? An easy solution, is to give the walls a face-lift, with textured finishes. Sprucing up walls, instantly changes the appearance and ambiance of a room. Walls are the single most prominent surface in a house and can be used, to give the house a unique look, through innovative ideas. Painting walls in plain white and beige hues, is passe. Interior design solutions have evolved, with trendy new wall applications like textured paints, now becoming widely available.
Textured paints has the ability to absorb and reflect light. Depending on the finish used, textured paint also creates visual color effects, if applied correctly. Currently there is wide variety of textured finishes, from suede, to pearl and metallic any design or specification.
Textured paints also provide excellent protection, with the ability to withstand extreme weather variations. These paints contain special additives, which protects the walls from UV rays. In addition, they are extremely resistant to fungus, algae, peeling and fading.
In terms of color, customers prefer lighter hues, preferably, yellow or orange colors in varying shades and densities. Generally only one wall in the room is textured-painted, while the rest are of the same color. Most of the textured paint products available today are washable and last for nearly six to seven years, while retaining their lustre and strength.
Tips to remember, while applying textured paints:
1) It is imperative, to choose the right textured paint. The selection should be based on the desired appearance. Companies provide customers with samples of textured paint panels, which could help you to decide and finalize the shade that suits your home the best.
2) Prior to the application process, the wall surface needs to be carefully leveled. Read the manual carefully, before painting, in order to avoid excess work.
3) The tools for such an application, vary according to the selected texture. Detailed instructions are provided on the can of the paint.
4) Mix all the containers that hold the same colored paint, in order to avoid variation in the color shades, once the paint has been applied.
5) Always practice the pattern or texture on a board, as it may become difficult to control the flow of the paint when applied on the wall.
6) Textured paints generally dries quickly and is hard to manipulate. hence, work in small sections, to make sure you get the desired design, before the paint dries.
7) If you are painting a high traffic surface, which requires frequent washing or dusting, adding a coat of latex satin or semi-gloss paint, will make it easier to clean.
