Prime, paint and glaze your surface before applying faux wood-grain.
Create the look of real wood by adding a painted faux wood-grain finish to various surfaces in your home. Home decorators use faux wood-grain techniques as an alternative to using expensive real wood and veneer finishes in their projects. Apply faux wood-grain to surfaces such as doors, shelves, kitchen cabinets, decorative accessories and walls. In just a few steps, the surface will have the look of genuine wood.
Instructions
1. Apply two coats of white wall primer using a paint roller. Allow drying time between coats according to product manufacturer recommendations. Allow the primer to cure overnight.
2. Apply one coat of yellow latex paint to the surface using a roller. Choose a shade of dark, golden yellow or a brownish yellow for your base color. Allow to dry for at least three or four hours.
3. Apply burnt umber faux glaze to the surface using a wide paintbrush. Brush in the direction that you will be painting your grain. This glaze is your topcoat.
4. Drag a paint comb across your topcoat at a 45-degree angle. Drag it along the edges of inaccessible surfaces, such as a side edge of a door or a corner of a wall. Pull the comb from the top to the bottom of the surface you're covering. Make a wavy pattern in the direction that the grain will go as you pull. This step will create veins in the glaze.
5. Place a rocker tool at the top edge of the surface, slightly overlapping the area that you combed, and pull the tool through the glaze, rocking it as you drag it. Make one continuous pull, starting from the top of your surface to the bottom. Continue pulling the tool from top to bottom of the surface to add texture to the whole surface.
