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★★★★★
It was shockingly easy to apply and it really does look like stone
I was very pleasantly surprised by how well this worked. It was shockingly easy to apply and it really does look like stone. I do have a few tips for applying it:
-tape higher than you think you need to. The sponges were larger than the tape was high so I ended up adding more tape to be sur I didn't paint the back splash.
-make it a little darker than you want if you are doing a large area. I was scrapping the bottom of the paint on my last section so I ordered another can of the white and lightened it later. It blended well since I just needed to lighten a small area, but it would have been easier to have everything else a hair darker and not have to wait for an extra can to come in before I sealed it.
-do small sections and don't try to tackle the whole thing at once. The pain does stop blending well if you let it dry so unless you just need to add a little more to lighten an area like I did you will end up with a disaster trying to blend the paint later. The instructions reccomended 2 for areas but I did it in 1 for sections give or take and it worked well for me.
-I used the tip of a 2 inch angled brush for the marble looking veins and I likes the result. I wanted thick veins and by doing small sections I was able to blend it before it looked like I did it with a paint brush. I just stopped at the end of the area I was working on and it looked smooth when I continued a line in the next section.
-plan a whole day to complete the project. Doing my kitchen took about 9 hours because I didn't want to rush and end up making it look painted. Take the time to really sponge it and know it takes a while
-let the primer dry for at least an hour. It will blend into the rest of the paint too much if you start the sponging too soon
-the kit comes with one sponge that you have to cut. I cut a few small pieces of sponge to get in crevices and along the wall which made it a lot easier to get right to the edge without it looking painted.
-the most important thing is to be patient and not try to rush it
