Duplicating the Olive Garden Walls

We just purchased another home and our objective was to duplicate the wall looks which can be bought at the popular Italian restaurant Olive Garden. We had searched the internet and checked with out local builder's supplies all to no avail in order to locate pre-made wall panels comparable to those who work in the restaurant. Finally, we decided it was time to make the walls ourselves.
After considerable research we found that we could duplicate the appearance simply by using a type of faux painting. We now think that we've learned the secrets to mimicking these beautiful walls although the procedure is pretty simple. The steps we use are listed below:

Prime the wall or surface with a decent quality primer
Trowel for the joint compound to have the actual required texture
Prime the wall again to shield the texture you have just created
Paint the wall twice with whatever base coat you've decided upon
Apply either "Aqua Bond" or "Aqua Cream" glazes tinted with "Aqua Color" and applied having a A� inch nap roller to pay for the rough surfaces of one's new wall texture. A good choice will be Earth Brown tinted with Brown Aqua Color in the ratio of 3 to 1
Immediately wipe from the glaze. The glaze will stick to the many cracks and crevices.
When applying and taking out the glaze it certainly helps to incorporate some additional hands assisting you to since this glaze will have a tendency to dry quite rapidly. Make sure to work with a top quality glaze because the cheaper versions do not give the required results that you could want.
I like the "Aqua Cream" glaze. It is an excellent choice in duplicating the Olive Garden look. The glaze proceeds simply and may be rub out on the edges without problems while ever coming back in the wall area leaving virtually no added lines.  you could try these out  is a very durable glaze that really would require no additional top coats. You should remember when your basecoat just isn't totally acrylic the glaze will soak in the walls in short order.
An interesting note concerning the Oliver Garden walls is merely the top third with the walls are in reality glazed. It begins while using glaze being the darkest in the top and gradually fading to no glaze in the lower portions with the wall. With the walls being heavily textured it creates the illusion of added depth due to the shadows. This is a deliberate attempt at making the wall's maintenance simpler, mainly because it becomes much simpler to touch up when necessary.
It isn't tough to duplicate this effect which presents this attractive eye appeal at Olive Garden if you follow these simple instructions and employ the highest quality products available. That is the secret to success.
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By Joseph Parish