| A super twist on "Raised Plaster Stenciling" that's | | | | beautiful "wallpaper" effect. |
| easy to do and leaves a great "impression"; Rubber | | | | Since the joint compound dries so slow, if you don't |
| stamps pressed in to the wet plaster. | | | | like the placement of what you stamped, simply |
| Where Raised Plaster Stenciling creates a design that | | | | smooth it over and do it again. It's very forgiving. |
| stands out from the wall, using rubber stamps | | | | Complete the wall in 3 x 3' sections for a full wall |
| pressed in to wet plaster creates indentations that | | | | effect. |
| give a really different look that creates awesome | | | | If you only want a border of your chosen design, |
| shadows. | | | | simply run a line of masking tape at the top and |
| There are literally millions of rubber stamp designs in | | | | bottom of your chosen border depth and apply joint |
| your local craft store, rubber stamp specialty shop or | | | | compound to only that area. Stamp your border as |
| on the Internet that you can choose to create your | | | | you choose. |
| own designer walls. Choose a large design so that it | | | | Allow the joint compound to dry completely and to |
| shows up well on your wall. Consider plant elements | | | | cure for 48 hours before finishing with wall color. |
| such as ferns, leaves, flower heads and so on. Or get | | | | A very light coat of water based primer will seal the |
| crazy and combine a number of designs. | | | | raw joint compound and prepare it for further color. |
| If you have high gloss or semi-gloss wall paint | | | | Be careful not to allow the primer or paint to pool |
| currently on your wall, prime with water based primer | | | | inside the design or you will risk loosing some of its |
| first. All other paint types need no pre-preparation. | | | | detail. |
| Using a wide, flat blade plastic scraper (found in the | | | | To color the design, either paint over it with standard |
| paint section of your local home or hardware store), | | | | wall paint or simply add wall paint in your favorite |
| smooth an even coat of joint compound (about 1/8" | | | | color to translucent wall glaze until the desired level of |
| thick over a 3x3 foot section. Thicker joint | | | | color is achieved. Working in 3' x 3' sections, wipe the |
| compound may result in a blurred impression) on to | | | | glaze mixture over the wall, paying close attention to |
| the wall. | | | | the design, then immediately wipe or blot it off |
| Once the area has been covered, randomly stamp | | | | (depending on the look you like) with a dry rag or |
| your design, pressing it in to the joint compound. You | | | | sponge. |
| have about 30 minutes before the joint compound | | | | Enjoy your "designer" walls and revel in the fact that |
| begins to dry so take your time and have a blast. | | | | you have something totally unique and hand done by |
| Turning the stamp in different directions creates a | | | | you! |