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Granite Granite Granite
May. 28th, 2007 11:13 amWe've finally gotten to the final coat on the lower half of the front bedroom walls. Now, this section is in the Valspar Earth Elements Granite paint, which requires two coats. The first coat is applied with a rather fluffy roller (which gets REALLY heavy when coated in thick granite paint), and the second with a three-inch brush, "in an x-pattern."
Matt did the first attempt at the second coat, and ran out of paint. He was also doing a VERY large x-pattern. As in, when it dried, the wall had big Xs all over it. So we got a second gallon, and I'm working on it now. In a much smaller x-pattern. I just finished the first wall, and am taking a break to let the shoulder recover. I actually did the last foot-section with my left hand (non-dominant hand) because my shoulder was aching. The first section of that wall was starting to dry when I stopped, and looked much more like how it should have looked.
Although, while the colors looked nice together in swatches, on the wall, with the morning light, that upper wall looks rather...grey. Oh well; we'll see how it all looks once dry with furniture.
Matt did the first attempt at the second coat, and ran out of paint. He was also doing a VERY large x-pattern. As in, when it dried, the wall had big Xs all over it. So we got a second gallon, and I'm working on it now. In a much smaller x-pattern. I just finished the first wall, and am taking a break to let the shoulder recover. I actually did the last foot-section with my left hand (non-dominant hand) because my shoulder was aching. The first section of that wall was starting to dry when I stopped, and looked much more like how it should have looked.
Although, while the colors looked nice together in swatches, on the wall, with the morning light, that upper wall looks rather...grey. Oh well; we'll see how it all looks once dry with furniture.
