Speckled Paint?

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Not sure if that's the correct term, but many of the interior surfaces of my 1990s Hunter were finished this way - a pale greyish background colour with lots of flecks of different colours mixed in.

An attractive finish, in my view. I would like to acheive the same effect in other parts of the cabin, but have no idea whether it comes speckled "straight out of the can" or if it is the result of special application techniques.

Any thoughts?

TIA,

Ron.
 
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Its applied from a flicker , you may be able to hire one but its a messy job . You put on your base coat and then flick the rest of the paint on from the flicker that is like a tomboler (spelling ?)
 
Speckled paint

I used this paint a few years ago. The easy and best quality finish way to apply it is to hire a high volume / low pressure spray gun set. It can be adjusted to spray a very tight cut off at the edges of the spray (I sprayed some edges without masking the ajoining surfaces), the low pressure also gives very little "blow back.

It is important not to break the "bubbles" of paint that will dry to form the speckles, so when you stir the paint just gently fold the paint with something like a wooden spoon to get an even distribution of speckles.

Good luck
 
seadog30 said:
It is important not to break the "bubbles" of paint that will dry to form the speckles, so when you stir the paint just gently fold the paint with something like a wooden spoon to get an even distribution of speckles.
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It's two solvents, isn't it? Water based speckles in oil based, erm, base, or vice versa.
 
Speckles

Yes that is correct the base colour is a water based paint (and fairly runny), the speckles are in a small lump of oil based paint. However if your crush the lumps it will turn into small particle and make the pain dirty rather than specked.

The bigest danger is that it is such fun spraying it that you end up painting more items than were intened !
 
Portaflek?

Years ago we used a spotty product called 'Portaflek' for school corridor walls. It was regarded as very durable and was supposed to hide dirty fingermarks etc. It was water based (I think)applied by spray, generally by a specialist paint contractor.
 
Quandary said:
Years ago we used a spotty product called 'Portaflek' for school corridor walls. It was regarded as very durable and was supposed to hide dirty fingermarks etc. It was water based (I think)applied by spray, generally by a specialist paint contractor.
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It was called Portaflek, it was NOT water based but solvent based and in enclosed areas one needed masks and air because of the fumes. It was glazed with a clear glaze after spray application. For Health and Safety purposes these days I suspect you couldn't buy it if you wanted to although some companies do offer a spraying service.

A reasonable alternative uses a base coat of emulsion, colour to choice, then a range of colours are added with a damp-dry sponge, stippling them lightly over the base colour. when dry do the same with the next colour and so on. For effect a pearlescent is often used and added to the colours. The effect is similar to Portaflek, without the spray plant or the fumes, and the finished work is then given two or three coats of clear glaze. This takes time, colours needing to dry, and care as one is only adding traces/spots of colours with the sponge and practice is needed as strictly speaking it is normally only done by trained professionals as specialists.

However, nothing stops you buying a sheet of something cheap, plasterboard for example, base coating it with say white or cream emulsion, and practising on that until you get the technique right. Glaze can be obtained in 5 litre cans from C Brewer & Sons, branches everywhere or on-line.
 
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