How to Add Burgundy to Gray Faux Finish Painting

Mix one part paint to four parts glaze in your bucket and stir well. The amount of paint/glaze you will need will depend on the amount of coverage you expect for the burgundy layer. In general, a room with 12 ft. walls and a 9-foot ceiling would need about 1 qt. of burgundy paint and a gallon of glaze.

Prepare your cheesecloth by rolling one piece into a small ball and then covering it with one or more pieces of cheesecloth so that you have a thick round ball. Tuck the edges into the ball so that no tails hang out which would drag paint over the surface.

Start in the upper left hand corner of a wall and work in sections about 4 feet wide. Work from top to bottom. Dip the 3-in. brush into the paint/glaze mixture and make random strokes on the first section of the wall. Work from the top to the bottom of the wall in ragged sections and then move to the right.

Use the cheesecloth ball to blend the glaze and to create a pleasing pattern over the gray. Twist and turn your hand to create movement in your design. Typically you would plan to cover about 75% of the wall in the burgundy glaze so that some of the gray finish in the first layer will peak through the burgundy. However, it is permissible to cover all the gray if that is the desired finished look. Feather your edges so the coverage is very thin. When you start a new section, keep overlap to a minimum.

Dab a small amount of glaze on the 1-in. chip brush and use it to pounce color into the corners and along the ceiling. Work to match the amount of movement and pattern that were created with the cheesecloth. You may also cover a small brush with cheesecloth and then dab it in the corners to add texture.