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Manufacturer: Sunset Publishing Corporation

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This all-new edition of one of Sunset’s perennial best sellers is back and better than ever with loads of ready-made color combinations, tips on choosing the right painting effects, advice from the pros, and information on specialty tools. It has tons of photos to get your creative juices flowing and confidence-building instruction on techniques and materials to see you through to the successful completion of your masterpiece.

Features:

* This comprehensive decorative painting guide is the second edition of a Sunset best seller

* Provides instruction on thirty decorative paint techniques with step-by-step photography and color combining recommendations

* Includes newer techniques as well as tried-and-true favorites that will inspire novice and experienced painters alike

* Completely updated resource and materials guide


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 698.1
EAN: 9780376013897
ISBN: 0376013893
Label: Sunset Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer: Sunset Publishing Corporation
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2006-08-30
Publisher: Sunset Publishing Corporation
Studio: Sunset Publishing Corporation


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Faux and Decorative Painting (Sunset)
• Mastering Fine Decorative Paint Techniques
• The Paint Effects Bible: 100 Recipes for Faux Finishes
• Decorative Painting & Faux Finishes
• Decorative Paint Techniques & Ideas


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Good book -
This is a good book for us novices on how to do all those special effect finishes.

Home decoration bible -
Even an idiot like me managed to produce flawless faux finishes thanks to the step-by-step guides for the various types of surfaces. Never redecorate your home without consulting this book first.

Fantastic -
There isn't much to dislike about this book. It certainly offers a myriad of faux finishes...good step by step photos & quite honestly...the details are some of the best out there. I like the photographs included for each method demonstrated ...they were REALISTIC...which you don't always find in books like these. Although not formally rated...it was obvious if one read each explanation whether the application would be difficult or not...some were apparent just by studying the photos. This is most helpful for faux finishers of all skill levels...as well as those more adventurous who are wanting to break new ground. I have often been disappointed by Sunset books in other segments...but they really put a feather in their cap on this book...highly recommend it!

MAKES DECORATING LOOK EASY -
This is a great book to just venture through and marvel at all the wall coverings that are potential art projects. It is not for the amateur with little talent but for one who truly wants to venture into making a wall a spectatucular work of art. I read it with the anticipation of changing my house walls but one has to have money to buy the necessary supplies and also have some sense of an artistic outcome. There are so many possibilities and I recommend this book to open up your horizons.

Useful -
Definately a useful book, but it missed some of the subleties of doing faux techniques, such as how to soften some of the looks by going over the glaze by rubbing out a second time with a paint soaked rag (rubbing out technique). I completely remodeled a room and finished it with the rubbing out technique and I really enjoy the look.

I also would suggest getting the Behr Faux Techniques dual CD-rom set. I picked one up at my local Home Depot, and it was amazing the differences in techniques, but by using both resources, I found a method and a look that suited me.

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