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What type and finish paint you choose depends on whether you’re painting a living room or bathroom, the baseboards or walls, ...

How soon you'll be able to paint your plaster depends on the application process and the environment. For example, skimmed plaster, which involves adding just a thin, smooth layer to the wall ...

"Venetian plaster is a texture in itself, not a paint finish," says Laurie Frary, who works through interior designers and has been applying Venetian plaster for five years, in Sarasota for two.

Venetian plaster, which looks like marble but doesn’t have the weight and expense of marble, has become a popular method of sprucing up a space, either outdoors or in, says Ronald Layman, a ...

Exterior paint has a finish that determines how it looks when it’s dry. The ratio of resins and binders to pigment levels in the paint is what determines the product’s overall finish.

One of the last steps in many a brownstone renovation is to apply several thin layers of plaster to the walls to achieve a satiny, smooth finish, also known as a skim coat. But tinted plaster walls ...

Plaster is the combination of elements that, when cured, forms a rock-like, smooth wall surface, ready to accept paint or wallpaper. An ancient form of finish, plaster can be traced to the ...

Faux wall covering let you break the limits of ordinary wall paint, creating surfaces that glisten in light or look like old-fashioned plaster, for example. And, increasingly, these kinds of jobs ...