How-To

1. Properly prepare the surface. Base-coat with one or two coats of Off White AquaBond; let dry.
2. Roll a medium coat of AquaStone onto the surface using a Whizz fabric roller. Create varying patches of thick and thin texture. Allow the material to set approximately 10 minutes and then knock down any peaks with a stainless-steel trowel. Let dry.
3. Position the stencil and, using a plastic taping knife, apply PlasterTex over the stencil openings to create varied dimensional relief. Be creative and artistic with this step, applying random patches of the damask pattern over the walls, allowing for gaps that you will fill in later with additional texture. Remove the stencil, top right, and let dry.
4. Sand any rough edges with 220-grit sandpaper; dust off. Fill in any gaps in the design by skip-troweling PlasterTex onto the surface in a medium thickness, middle right; knock down the wet PlasterTex with the trowel. Continue skip-troweling the PlasterTex until you have created varied thicknesses. Cover portions of the stencil designs for a natural, broken-plaster effect. Leave some of the AquaStone exposed; let dry.
5. Create two or three glaze mixtures by tinting an appropriate amount of AquaCreme with AquaColor to the desired color depth. Mist the surface with a light film of water. Brush on the glazes and break up and blend them into the plaster materials using a synthetic stippling brush. Allow the color to stay darker in some of the textural recesses.
6. Blot with dry terry-cloth shop towels and randomly dry-brush with a soft-bristle brush.

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