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Painting and Staining a Fauxe Stone Wall
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Patty http://funfamliving.com
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Painting or staining a fauxe stone wall isn’t as difficult as it sounds. As you can see the fauxe stone wall (below) we had put on our home was rather dull. When we chose it, the salesperson told us we would hate the mortar if we picked the light color so of course we went with the dark. I’ve regretted it since the first time I saw it but didn’t quite know what I could do about it.
My husband had done painting all his life and recommended adding the same amount of water as paint when mixing the colors so that it didn’t look fake or like painted stone and that did make a big difference. We would have gone with the stain for concrete since it would be more translucent, but it was about $30.00 a gallon and didn’t come in quarts but only 5-gallon buckets. The concrete paint was $10.00 a quart, and we could practically pick any paint color and Lowes would mix it for us. We decided to give that a try. I love having more options and save money at the same time.
We picked a brown color the same color as our siding, a burgundy, light peach, and gray, light brown. We would not need all of those but at the time we thought we did. I knew in the back of my mind that I would find another project to do since I liked all those colors. We had black and a very light gray at home already so “Let the Mixing Begin!
Concrete paint or stain (we used Semi-Sweet-4003-2c, Café Miel 2008-7c, and Roasted Sepia -6606-2c. The burgundy and peach colors were premixed in the sale section and weren’t marked with the color. Remember that we already had a light gray to mix with these to get the exact color we wanted.
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Suggested materials:
- Containers to mix the paint with water and other colors
- Sponges and or Cloths
- Latex Gloves
- Ladder
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Published August 6th, 2016 10:54 AM
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Joyce on Feb 19, 2018
I have to give you a big congratulation on a job well done ! I have been struggling with deciding on the "perfect" color to use for our faux rock project. Now I won't be so indecisive because if it is a little off I'll just fix it as you did. I'm handy with paint but did not think about painting the faux rock So thanks for the idea.
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Marilyn Tate Houser on Dec 17, 2018
It’s beautiful and I love it! Thanks for sharing as we are looking a a old farmhouse were they put up the fake stone, now I will buy the home after seeing your wall
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