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  1. Pour glaze mixture.
  2. Apply glaze mixture with damp sponge.
  3. Sponge 8-foot-square sections with glaze mixture.
  4. Rinse sponge.
  5. Dab wet glaze mixture with clean sponge.

Using a paint roller, base-coat a clean, dry wall with a Jack O' Lantern; let dry. Apply a second coat if needed and allow to dry. Use wide painter's tape to mask around doors, windows, the ceiling, and the floor.

In a paint bucket, mix 1 part Harvest Brown and 4 parts Studio Finish latex glaze. Fill another bucket half full of water for rinsing sponges.


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