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Apply the First Thin Coat of Metallic Suede

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Designer Walls! METALLIC SUEDE Bathroom

What happens here

Begin applying the first coat of metallic suede paint. Load your 6-inch microfiber roller with a small amount of paint. Roll the paint onto a section of the wall in a random, non-uniform pattern. Immediately after rolling a small section, use the flex trowel to randomly 'trail' or smooth the wet paint. This process manipulates the metallic particles and creates the signature suede finish. The key is to apply the paint very thinly; the video emphasizes 'thin to win' with metallic suede. Unlike some other metallic finishes, metallic suede is forgiving, allowing you to stop and resume work on a wall without visible seams.

Goal: Roll on the metallic suede paint in random sections using a microfiber roller, then immediately trail the wet paint with a flex trowel to create the desired textured effect. Work in small, manageable areas.

Tools and materials

  • 6-inch Microfiber Roller
  • Flex Trowel
  • Metallic Suede Paint

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We're going to be applying it on two really thin coats, and so thin to win when it comes to metallic suede. I'm going to be rolling it on and we're using a six inch microfiber roller and microfiber. If you are want to know why not just use say like a white woven or something like that. The microfiber helps you manipulate the product a lot better. So, you want a microfiber roller and I'm just going to be rolling it on in sections. And then I'll just be trailing it randomly. I'll roll it randomly, trail it randomly, and I'll just be working as I go. One of the great things about the metallic suede is you can stop in the middle of a wall and then come back the next day and do it. Some of the other finishes like the aluminum, metallic aluminum, you cannot stop. You got to complete your entire wall or whatever you're doing. You can't just stop in the middle, but this stuff is pretty easy to use. I'm going to start rolling here and you can see how I go about doing it. Just random roll, working in sections, and then back trailing it random, back trailing it. I got a bow arrow flexed trow right here. So, these are specific trowels used for applying and creating specific effects with these bow arrow coatings. And once again, this is a metallic suede coating. So, I'm going to get going, get rolling. Here you can see it. What it looks like here, it's a really, really thick product. And it goes a long ways because you apply it really, really thin. So, I got to gallon this entire powder room right here. Gallon is going to be plenty. This is our second coat.

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