How To Create Faux Concrete Wall

In this video i demonstrate how i used a concrete finishing trowel and regular satin paint to create a concrete looking wall.

How to create faux concrete wall.

A few years ago i wrote about a distressed glazing technique which has a distressed feel to it a way we developed to add visual texture to your walls that doesn t like a stock rag rolling. The faux poured concrete finish on the walls of tali roth s apartment. Photo by genevieve garruppo. I used the charcoal color as they show in this video.

However you have other color options including brown red terra cotta and buff. Here we take this process one step further. It s all about the layers and you can do it simply by following this tutorial. Create faux concrete wall paint with tint.

The added texture far exceeds what any luxury paint color can achieve similar to the effect of. By the way a little of this coloring solution goes a long way. For a design build restaurant project in port jefferson ny our team created a faux concrete wall for a urban chic feel. Use joint compound and cement colorants to create an easy realistic concrete wall finish.

This is a step by step on how to paint realistic faux concrete walls. 5 easy steps to create a faux concrete wall finish paint the wall with your medium grey paint and a block brush with arched brush strokes follow up with a wet cloth and soften and smooth the edges and strokes use a scrounged up wet cloth and dab on extra texture with an almost dry block brush add. Liquid concrete color at lowes or at home depot.