Bradybunch,
I should also have mentioned a few other things, believe it or not...I STILL have more to say
You will need very little paint for this. It's mostly glaze. The glaze will appear white when it is wet. Remember Elmer's glue? Same sort of thing. Will look white and will turn clear as it dries. Dry is NOT the same thing as cure time. Give the walls approximately 60-90 days cure time before washing them or you could find yourself washing your finish right off. Needs that time to completely harden. Not the end of the world if you do, just put it back on. Not to worry, it's not likely to happen. The walls will dry in around 24 - 36 hours after painting. Go ahead, use the bathroom for bathing, showering, typical use. No problem. Might want to run a fan, or turn on the heat to help it dry if possible.
Now, about the paint. As I said, you aren't going to use much at all for a bathroom. You really have a few options. Once you find a color, or a few colors you like you can simply take those bottles to you favorite paint store and have a quart of each color matched. A quart will be WAY more than enough. Or you can buy a few small bottles at the craft store. I'm really serious, this is mostly glaze. Remember, 1 part paint to at LEAST 4 parts glaze. If you want the wash to be more translucent feel free to add more glaze, making it up to 10 parts glaze is not going to hurt the durability of your walls at all! Here's what it will do. It will make the finish more translucent, meaning you will see more of the color(s) underneath. It will slow down the dry time and the cure time. But can enhance the beauty quite a lot. More and more reason for those practice/playing around boards.
Those little bottles of craft or stencil paint from Walmart, K-mart, Michael's, are really very good quality paint. They are acrylic, that makes they water based, just like the glaze you want to buy. Extremely durable. They are flat finish and will mix well with any glaze.
Believe it or not I forgot to mention something else. Measuring. This is not the kitchen. Measurements DO NOT have to be precise. I recommend grabbing an old spoon that will never be returned to the kitchen
Keep a notebook handy to write down what you are doing on each one of these practice boards. Otherwise you will wind up with one you really love and what be able to remember for the life of you how you created it. Can make yourself nuts that way. Oh, and when you are finished with this project, keep some of the paint/glaze mixture that you have left over in a sealed container, like a tuperware sort of container, put a piece of plastic wrap right onto the paint/glaze to keep it from drying out, put a lid on it, mark it with a label and store in your basement or somewhere that does not freeze. Freezing damages/destroys paint and glazes. Despite what DIY tv shows, books and most faux finishers tell you, most damaged areas can be repaired and usually pretty easily, so I always recommend keeping touch up around.
I really do think I'm done for now.
Sandy
