Personalise with paint effects A freshly painted wall looks beautiful but what if you’re after something just a little different. Or you’d like to upcycle some furniture and a straight paint finish might look a little plain? Paint effects allow you the freedom to capture a mood,create an ambience and transform the mundane into something special.Some techniques also have the practical benefit of disguising less-than-perfect surfaces. In fact, imperfections in the surface can add to the overall impact of the effect. There are a number of specialty Resene products to help you create useful and beautiful surfaces. • Metallic paints from the Resene Special Effects and Metallics range from classics like pewter and gold, through to brightly coloured hues. • Resene Colorwood Whitewash and Resene Colorwood Greywash for an easy-to-achieve and durable washed effect. • Resene Paint Effects Medium is a tintable acrylic medium that allows you to easily create unique paint effects, while still enjoying the benefits of lower odour and easy clean up in water. It dries more slowly than standard paint so you have longer to work on the effect. • Resene Resitex or Resene Sandtex are also good basecoats for paint effects as the texture adds an extra dimension to the effect. • Resene FX Crackle gives an aged crackle effect. • Resene FX Pearl Shimmer gives a soft shimmery sparkle to any paint colour. • Resene Blackboard Paint and Resene Chalkboard Paint for a chalkboard finish. 30 |