Hi, Im new so you'll have to forgive me if this is kinda in the wrong place, Im not 100% sure if it should go in floors or decorating because there doesn't seem to be any other questions like it!
Im currently trying to paint a bedroom floor and as you can probably guess by the title, Im having a bit of bother
The actual painting part is fine, it's just finishing it off that's causing the problem - I'm not quite sure how to get the effect I want, which is black with a glittery overcoat. I bought some polyvine glitter glaze, which looked great on the bottle, but when I tried it on an offcut it didnt look like I'd wanted - the glitter itself is a bit more subtle than I'd expected, but at the same time there's too much of it! I can probably remedy the too much part by just spreading it thinner, but it doesnt really deal with the "subtle" part, but it's the closest ready-made product I can find to what i want.
What Im now considering is getting a different glitter and just either mixing it with something or sprinkling it over the top, but this is where I'm stuck - would this work with a thinned-down or even full consistency varnish so that the glitter doesnt melt into blobs when overcoated, and how long would I have to leave it before overcoating it and putting things on it?
Im not sure if this or the stuff I already have is the better idea, and if I do end up using the glaze, could someone reccomend something to overcoat that with?
Thanks for any help you can give!
Im currently trying to paint a bedroom floor and as you can probably guess by the title, Im having a bit of bother
The actual painting part is fine, it's just finishing it off that's causing the problem - I'm not quite sure how to get the effect I want, which is black with a glittery overcoat. I bought some polyvine glitter glaze, which looked great on the bottle, but when I tried it on an offcut it didnt look like I'd wanted - the glitter itself is a bit more subtle than I'd expected, but at the same time there's too much of it! I can probably remedy the too much part by just spreading it thinner, but it doesnt really deal with the "subtle" part, but it's the closest ready-made product I can find to what i want.
What Im now considering is getting a different glitter and just either mixing it with something or sprinkling it over the top, but this is where I'm stuck - would this work with a thinned-down or even full consistency varnish so that the glitter doesnt melt into blobs when overcoated, and how long would I have to leave it before overcoating it and putting things on it?
Im not sure if this or the stuff I already have is the better idea, and if I do end up using the glaze, could someone reccomend something to overcoat that with?
Thanks for any help you can give!
