How To Making Your Own Textured Board

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asked May 27, 2013 in Problem solve or Painting Tips
recategorized May 30, 2013

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If you use a compressed-fiber board you can produce your own texture when preparing the board for painting.

After the usual sandpapering to roughen the surface, give it a coat of white lead and allow it to dry.

Apply a second coat, but instead of brushing smoothly, pounce the paint with a stiff bristle brush.

An old brush cut flat like a stencil brush is excellent.

Unlike the ready-prepared mechanically textured boards that have a monotonously even surface, yours can have an interesting textured effect, as rough and uneven as you like.

The surface can always be sanded down if certain areas are too rough. 

 
answered May 27, 2013