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The Color Of Spring In Raised Plaster |
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Michelle Mullins has been a favorite contributor to this site and now she presents us with her Raised Plaster Tree at the base of her staircase. Michelle has more stenciling going on in her home than you can imagine and she always does such a beautiful job. By tinting her joint compound prior to plastering, she's saved herself the work of try to hand paint her raised design by hand or by replacing the stencil over the design. Tinting is easy and we always recommend pure pigment products to tint joint compound. Why? because common craft paint or wall paint simply doesn't add enough pigment to the compound and you must remember that joint compound dried bright white. Whatever color you add to it you will now find dries extremely lighter than the color you originally mixed. We recommend "Universal Tints" which can be found on-line at many websites. Carefully check prices however. I found some sites selling it for 4.99 a bottle while others were gouging at 9.99 for the same bottle! Don't let the $4.99 price make you think it's high. You have to remember it's pure pigment with no fillers (such as a white base). I mean, this is pure color and goes a LONG way so use it sparingly! But it does the trick beautifully.
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Stencils used in this project |
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| Purchase this Raised Plaster Life-sized Tree Stencil
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