From DIYinfo.org
Marbling can become a very attractive, decorative feature in an otherwise simple or understated room. Most surfaces can be marbled, including doors, mantles, columns, panelling, skirting and architraves etc. Below we will use skirting as an example, but remember the principle is the same for all surfaces.
Materials
- one part matt/flat enamel
- one part scumble medium
- one part turps (white spirit)
Tools Needed
- 50 mm cutting in brush and a 50 mm round stipple brush
- Feather and newspaper
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1 If you are working in a room 3m x 3m, you will need about forty pieces of newspaper. Fold each piece in half diagonally and then fold each side into a series of 25 mm concertinas.
2 Paint the glaze onto the skirting board and quickly stipple to remove the brushstrokes. Now, with an up and down movement of the newspaper, break open the glaze to reveal the pale paint base beneath. Move the paper sideways on the glaze, thus creating fractures, leaving virtually none of the surface untouched. The trick with this is that all the surface has movement to it.
3 Make sure that the finish runs at a diagonal of about 45°, it must not be upright. As each piece of newspaper becomes clogged with glaze, discard it. When the whole area is fractured, you can work it over with a feather, loaded with a little white glaze to add some veins. However, this finish will stand out very well on its own without the application of the veins.
