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Faux and Decorative Painting.


Faux and Decorative Painting

Christine E. Barnes

Sunset Publishing Corporation

80 Willow Road, Menlo Park Menlo Park.

1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there.

2 Uninc.
, CA 94025-3691

0376014105 $16.95 1-800-643-8030 www.sunset.com

Faux and Decorative Painting is a no-nonsense guide to beautifully coloring one's walls with water-based painting and glazing. Full color photographs and step-by-step instructions demonstrate 37 quick and easy latex latex, emulsion of a polymer (e.g., rubber) in water (see colloid). Natural latexes are produced by a number of plants, are usually white in color, and often contain, in addition to rubber, various gums, oils, and waxes.  painting techniques, from simple solid colors an even color; one not shaded or variegated.

See also: Solid
 to designing petroglyph pet·ro·glyph  
n.
A carving or line drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric people.



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 wall stencils. A superbly enjoyable home improvement resource, as fun to page through as it is to pick out follow project ideas.
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