Plastique is a faux painting technique that provides rich, mottled texture to enhance any room.
Step 3: Prepare the glazes. To form the plastique effect, we will apply two separate, tinted glazes made up of a blend of a latex semi-gloss, gloss or eggshell color mixed a latex glaze. The glaze is a clear carrier that you use to make the color more transparent and allow you enough time to lay down the pattern. The mixing ratio is five parts of latex glaze to one part of latex paint. The glaze looks milky white, but it dries clear. Measure and pour the glaze into the mixing bucket first, then add the blue latex paint we have selected for the first process color. Follow this process for the second color, mixing it with the glaze in a separate bucket. You will be going back and forth between the two colors to form the plastique pattern.
Mix together five parts latex glaze to one part latex paint.
