04-18-2010, 10:41 AM
Charlie, actually this was all water-based Glidden exterior house paint. I had HD mix 2 colors for me, the medium blue for the top, and a very pale blue for the bottom. I took those two colors and blended them in various proportions to make three more colors.
Colors:
Medium Blue
2 parts medium blue - 1 part pale blue
1 part medium blue - 1 part pale blue
1 part medium blue - 2 parts pale blue
Pale blue
I used a 9" wide 1/4" nap roller to paint a band (about 9 inches wide) of medium blue at the top. By the time I had gone around the entire room, the medium blue where I started was dry. Then I did a band of 2 medium blue/1pale blue color below the first band. I continued with each band, not worrying about trying to blend them at this time. At this point, I had 5 distinct bands of dry color on the walls.
Next, I took the 2 medium blue/1 pale blue and used a paint brush to apply the paint onto the roller (instead of a paint roller pan). I took the lightly loaded roller and gently rolled over the line where the two top colors met. In other words, I lightly rolled some of the lower color into the upper color. I used both horizontal and vertical rolling on this part, and took my time. The point was to leave some of the darker color showing through the lighter color I was rolling. I did this for each band. It was pretty tedious to be honest.
After this, there were still alot of places where the color bands could still be seen... obvious horizontal lines between the colors. So, to hide these, I mixed a batch of the upper color with the lower color at a 1 to 1 ratio and used that to roll over the line. I again used a paint brush to load paint onto the roller, and didn't cover the entire roller, only about 4 inches wide or so. I rolled very gently, not wanting complete coverage, but leaving some color underneath showing through. This pretty much did the trick. The blending is not perfect, but actually it looks pretty good... as if there are very hazy clouds lower in the sky, which is what I was looking for anyway. I may go back with some very light gray/white/pale blue and roll some on in the lowest color band to increase the feeling of a hazy horizon.
In retrospect, I would consider skipping the step of rolling the lighter color up over the darker color. Instead, I would just mix the two colors in a can and roll horizontally over the intersection of the bands, not going for complete coverage, but letting the dryed colors show through.
In all, I had nine colors - the original two, three more from mixing those, and then 4 more made from blending those together.
I'm very glad It is finished.
Colors:
Medium Blue
2 parts medium blue - 1 part pale blue
1 part medium blue - 1 part pale blue
1 part medium blue - 2 parts pale blue
Pale blue
I used a 9" wide 1/4" nap roller to paint a band (about 9 inches wide) of medium blue at the top. By the time I had gone around the entire room, the medium blue where I started was dry. Then I did a band of 2 medium blue/1pale blue color below the first band. I continued with each band, not worrying about trying to blend them at this time. At this point, I had 5 distinct bands of dry color on the walls.
Next, I took the 2 medium blue/1 pale blue and used a paint brush to apply the paint onto the roller (instead of a paint roller pan). I took the lightly loaded roller and gently rolled over the line where the two top colors met. In other words, I lightly rolled some of the lower color into the upper color. I used both horizontal and vertical rolling on this part, and took my time. The point was to leave some of the darker color showing through the lighter color I was rolling. I did this for each band. It was pretty tedious to be honest.
After this, there were still alot of places where the color bands could still be seen... obvious horizontal lines between the colors. So, to hide these, I mixed a batch of the upper color with the lower color at a 1 to 1 ratio and used that to roll over the line. I again used a paint brush to load paint onto the roller, and didn't cover the entire roller, only about 4 inches wide or so. I rolled very gently, not wanting complete coverage, but leaving some color underneath showing through. This pretty much did the trick. The blending is not perfect, but actually it looks pretty good... as if there are very hazy clouds lower in the sky, which is what I was looking for anyway. I may go back with some very light gray/white/pale blue and roll some on in the lowest color band to increase the feeling of a hazy horizon.
In retrospect, I would consider skipping the step of rolling the lighter color up over the darker color. Instead, I would just mix the two colors in a can and roll horizontally over the intersection of the bands, not going for complete coverage, but letting the dryed colors show through.
In all, I had nine colors - the original two, three more from mixing those, and then 4 more made from blending those together.
I'm very glad It is finished.
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