Wall paint with various effects

The centuries-old desire of man to transform the space around today has become an entire industry, capable of providing everything in order to make the interior beautiful, stylish. Progressive materials for design offer a wide selection, from economy options to luxury offers.

Content:

• Design as a need to transform the environment
• Choose the "effect"
• Advantages of wall decoration

Design as a need to transform the environment

Those times in our country have sunk into oblivion when there was "just repair". Today, it has been replaced by interior design, offering many solutions for interior design - from simple solutions to all kinds of delights.

Wall decor painting as a method of decoration has existed for a long time, but today new types of decoration, spectacular and unusual, have appeared. Only one color makes it possible, depending on the application method and the characteristics of the paint, to transform the surface aesthetically and, as they say, “with taste”.

Supermarkets present a wide range of colors and textures of classic colors and with all kinds of effects, allowing for quite reasonable means to create a beautiful, comfortable space at home, while meeting fashion trends.

The modern range of decorative coatings is not only commonplace paints, albeit of the widest range of colors and characteristics, but also paints - “illusions” that can imitate different textures and allow creating various kinds of visual special effects on the walls.

Choose the "effect"

1. Mother of pearl coatings are composed of natural mother of pearl, which makes the paint translucent. Flickering and tinting surfaces look impressive. However, it should be borne in mind that the radiance of large surfaces is not well tolerated by all, so this paint can not finish the whole room, but part. If they are organically integrated into the corresponding general style, this transforms the room.
2. The effect of the metal coating is achieved by multilayer, the finishing stage gives gold, silver, brass, bronze, copper colors surface.
3. Paints with multi-colored fluorescent impregnations give chameleon coatings that change shades depending on the light incident on them. The color combination is determined by the color of the substrate. The mother-of-pearl structure will give a gentle overflow when changing light accents or viewing angle.
4. Luminescent paint gives an amazing glow in the dark, though not all night. In the afternoon, it absorbs sunlight, and at dusk begins to glow. Characteristics of light-absorbing pigments affect the duration of the glow (from 15 minutes to 7 hours).
5. Glitter paint. If you apply a decorative coating and after it dries, cover the surface with another composition containing sparkles of different colors (or one), then you can get another impressive option for wall decoration. There are options for paints with a ready-made glitter content, as well as separately produced mixtures added to the paint.
6. Coatings with a textile effect (silk, velvet, denim, leather, suede, velor), where on the main tone, spots of a different color or shades of the base create an illusion of this kind. The composition of the coating with the effect of velvet is solid colored particles. After painting, the wall looks like velor fabric, however, this is only a visual effect.

Velor makes the surface smooth, like velor fabric. Such paints can be glossy, matte, semi-gloss, with pearlescent and metallic shades. They require a professional approach when applying.

7. Paints that imitate natural motifs (sea foam, fluffy snow, rainbow shine, papyrus, coral reefs, sandy beach and much more) include sand grains, shell micro-fragments, shiny particles that give light effects.
8. Mosaic coatings create the illusion of natural materials: stone, granite, sand, cork, marble. Although some special surface preparation is not required before its application, the impressive effect of mosaic paints also requires the experience of specialists.

If you put a coating of various shades in several layers, walk on it with a brush, and then apply wax, you can get a marble effect, the spray gun will allow you to apply paint of different densities.

Granite paint does not contain crumbs corresponding to the name, the acrylic bubbles that are part of it, flying out of the airbrush, break against the wall, giving the illusion of a granite texture.

9. A flock type coating (flakes) is perfect for problem walls, helping to smooth out flaws. It incorporates acrylic particles of various sizes in various colors, there are even fluorescent ones.
10. To get the effect of cracks, you need a special set of two paints with a different setting period. The primary layer dries slower, and the second layer quickly, which gives the effect of cracking or craquelure. All this must be covered with a protective varnish, which will increase the operational life. Spots can be shades of the same color or contrasting in color.
11. Hammer effect It looks like chasing with a hammer on the surface, which, moreover, masks the flaws of the wall, transforming its appearance.
12. "The effect of antiquity" is created by paint containing artificial latex. After painting the surface, it is necessary to dry, and only then, using a sponge, technical wax for walls is applied to it.
13. Magnetic paintsas the name implies, contain microparticles of iron. Magnets are attached to such a wall, and just as firmly as to a metal surface.
14. Graphite, also called “paints for blackboards,” give the room an originality. Walls become one blackboard where you can write or draw with chalk, especially for young children.

If wall decoration with painting is planned by independent forces, it is worth weighing your skills and desires. Are you ready to create interesting effects on the walls, but did the beginning of the process bother you? Do not worry, some solutions do not require preliminary preparation of the walls, they can be implemented directly on the old coating.

Advantages of wall decoration

Decorative coatings have many cardinal differences, but at the same time they have much in common, in particular, huge indisputable advantages, which is why they deserve a strong interest in themselves. The following advantages indicate that this type of wall design is beautiful and convenient.

1. Long service life of the coating, measured in tens of years.
2. When re-stained, they require much less labor, such a coating falls on almost any wall, in comparison, for example, with wallpaper that requires elimination, causing garbage and chaos in the house.
3. The painted surface does not burn out and can withstand exposure to pets, such as scratching.
4. Mold and abrasion do not occur on such a surface, nullifying all efforts.
5. Many of these surfaces can easily withstand washing or have a dust-repellent property.
6. The choice of shades and textures gives the possibility of variation, which creates a universal effect, in the form of the ability to satisfy both the artistic taste of esthete and the inexperience of the average owner of the room.
7. The use of specialized auxiliary tools, such as brushes and specialized rollers, allows you to get a unique design.

8. Water-dispersion paints, including acrylic, are hypoallergenic, non-carcinogenic, and therefore are considered an environmentally friendly product.
9. Moisture resistance and versatility give the prospect of obtaining original solutions, both in the kitchen and in the bedroom, both in the expensive living room and in the philistine nursery.
10. The aesthetics of the walls, made familiar, for example, with acrylic paints, will give the room a natural harmonious beauty, combined with the uniqueness of the resulting interior design.

These numerous advantages and unusualness attract the attention of both interior designers and ordinary townsfolk, aimed at transforming their surroundings. A certain obstacle, and even then not for everyone, when implementing such ideas on their own, may be a prerequisite for professional surface leveling and some nuances of application.